Petersburg, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bremen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52040. The Survey maps it on the Petersburg quadrangle.
On record in Petersburg
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 1 record
Saints Peter and Paul Churchlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Petersburg between 2006 and 2014, burning about 37 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 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2539 155TH STREET, EARLVILLE, IA, IOWA |
| 9 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1551 197TH ST., IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Petersburg: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready Mix Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dyersville No. 1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Goedkin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schulte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petersburg in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Lightning | Petersburg | 2 hurt | Two men ages 42 and 29 were assembling a swing set in a backyard. Both noticed lightning in the distance and decided to go inside. Lightning struck a pickup truck both were leaning against and threw them several feet. After an overnight hospitalization for observation, both were released. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Petersburg | $100,000 | A tornado touched down southwest of Petersburg and moved east for approximately 7 miles to the Delaware-Dubuque county line. Along its path, trees, power poles, and numerous farm outbuildings were damaged. It continued to track into Dubuque County. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersburg | $25,000 | A machine shed and two barns were destroyed at the Theisen (pronoused tyson) farm northwest of New Vienna on 160th Street. Additionally a large tree was downed that just missed the house. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersburg | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported several farm buildings damaged near Dyersville. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Petersburg | - | Flash flooding closed numerous roads in Delaware County. Flash flooding along a creek resulted in three feet of standing water and stranded cars in Manchester. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Petersburg | - | Rural road washed out and inundated with debris. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Petersburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral Siding (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Colesburg | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Earlville | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Greeley | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oneida | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gilt Edge | 7.9 miles | 12 |
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 Petersburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7178164 | 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 460100. 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.






