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Holbrook, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52325. The Survey maps it on the Holbrook quadrangle.

Holbrook within Iowa County

On record in Holbrook

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

35 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Holbrook between 2006 and 2020, burning about 238 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWILLIAMSBURG FIRE
30 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2926 P AVE, PARNELL, IOWA
3 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWILLIAMSBURG FIRE
9 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWILLIAMSBURG FIRE
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2926 P AVE. PARNELL, IA 52325, IA
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holbrook in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Holbrook-Another large, violent tornado developed in eastern Keokuk County as the initial tornado was weakening southwest of Keota. The tornado tracked to the northeast, on the western fringe of Keota, and crossed into Washington County near the intersection of Keokuk-Washington Road and 180th St. The tornado then continued through northwest Washington county, extreme southeast Iowa County, and into far southwest Johnson County. The tornado severely damaged several homes near Keota, wiping one house completely off its foundation, resulting in EF-4 level damage. A car was lofted in the air and tossed about 1000 feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. As the tornado tracked west of Wellman, Iowa it knocked over a 325 ft cell phone tower. The tornado moved into extreme southeast Iowa County near the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Ginkgo Ave., and then into far southwest Johnson County, about a third of a mile north of the intersection of Iowa-Washington Road and Johnson Iowa Road SW. The tornado was rated EF-4 in Keokuk County, EF-3 in Washington County, and EF-1 in Iowa and Johnson Counties.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHolbrook-This is the end of a swath of widespread thunderstorm wind damage with flattened corn.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHolbrook-Local law enforcement relayed a public report of a tree down on U Ave. and 270th street.
April 2014Tornado (EF1)Holbrook-NWS storm survey teams determined that a tornado developed in far northern Wapello County, crossed Keokuk County and southeastern Iowa County, and ended in rural southwest Johnson County. ||This entry is for the portion of the tornado that affected Iowa County. This long track tornado initially started east of Highland Center and traveled at about 60 mph to the northeast. After crossing Keokuk County, the tornado moved into Iowa County near the junction of the Iowa, Keokuk, and Washington County lines at around 352 pm CDT (252 pm CST). It left a damage path about 10 miles long in rural areas that included damage to outbuildings and trees. ||The tornado exited Iowa County at about 402 pm CDT (302 pm CST) and moved into Johnson County a few miles south of I-80.
June 2011HailHolbrook-Quarter sized hail fell 7 miles north of Wellman, IA at 920 pm CDT June 8.
May 2011HailHolbrook-no account filed
June 2007HailHolbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Green Center3.8 miles12
Parnell4.9 miles8
Williamsburg7.0 miles8
North English10.2 miles8
Conroy10.5 miles12
Homestead11.9 miles14
Upper South Amana12.4 miles13
South Amana13.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464582. 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.

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.