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Newbern, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dallas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50139. The Survey maps it on the Newbern quadrangle.

Newbern within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Newbern between 2006 and 2018, burning about 135 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2018Debris and open burning80 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2016Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCHARITON VOL FD
16 March 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2016Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesVIRGINIA TOWNSHIP
28 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources56000 S45, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newbern: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Melcher Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newbern in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Newbern$50,000A tornado caused damage to trees, farm buildings, and power lines. The tornado moved into the county from Warren County.
July 2008Flash FloodNewbern$25,000Many roads were covered by water in the area. Rainfall was measured at 5.5 inches through 0600 CST.
April 2010HailNewbern$5,000The ground was white with hail.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindNewbern$3,000Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down west of Melcher.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNewbern-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Bauer3.0 miles11
Cloud (historical)4.0 miles10
Melcher-Dallas5.7 miles10
Caloma8.0 miles9
Columbia8.5 miles10
Gosport8.9 miles10
Donley Station (historical)13.9 miles10
Donnelley13.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459501. 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.