Galbraith, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50560. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Galbraith between 2009 and 2011, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1339 140TH AVE. , IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Galbraith: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartosh Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Corn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Frankel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Heusinkveld Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Irvington | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Irvington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reding Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sec Ii T94 R29 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galbraith in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galbraith | - | Wind gust from personal weather station KIALUVER4. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Galbraith | - | This was a brief landspout that was photographed from both the air and the ground. Surface circulation was visible via the aerial photos. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Joseph | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Benedict | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lu Verne | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Algona | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hanna | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sexton | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hobarton | 9.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464552. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




