Newburg, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hickory Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50112. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 2006 and 2013, burning about 70 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | $15,000 | Emergency manager reported damage to farm outbuildings near Gilman. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Newburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Newburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Newburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Newburg | - | Personal weather station reported 24 hr heavy rainfall of 5.15 inches. Numerous other 3 to 5 inch amounts across northern Jasper County as well. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Newburg | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Newburg | - | Public reported quarter sized hail via the mPING app. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Newburg | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open fields. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Newburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Acres | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Turner (historical) | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kellogg | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rushville | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Murphy | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Killduff | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lynnville | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Newton | 16.7 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Newburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107548099 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 459502. 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.





