North Buena Vista, Iowa
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Buena Vista Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52066. It lies near Panther Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cassville quadrangle. 109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Buena Vista fell from 121 to 109 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 121 | |
| 2020 | 109 | -12 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Cassville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of North Buena Vista between 2008 and 2018, burning about 256 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY BOTTOMS |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | TURKEY RIVER |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY RIVER ARSON |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY RIVER BOTTOMS WF |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 37649 ORANGE AVE, GUTTENBERG, IA |
| 27 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | TURKEY RIVER BOTTOMS WILDFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of North Buena Vista: 10 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Buena Vista Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Julius Wiest Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| North Buena Vista Subdistrict | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC | |
| Schmidt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lunders Diggings | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Buena Vista in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Buena Vista | - | Law enforcement estimated a 75 mph wind gust near North Buena Vista. |
| July 2017 | Hail | North Buena Vista | - | Quarter sized hail fell in North Buena Vista. |
| March 2017 | Hail | North Buena Vista | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in North Buena Vista. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey River | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Millville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Guttenberg | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Snefs | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Osterdock | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 13.8 miles | 13 | |
| Eckards | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Updegraff | 14.9 miles | 13 |
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 North Buena Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1814462 | 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 459566. 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.








