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Springbrook, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52075. The Survey maps it on the Springbrook quadrangle. 143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.

Springbrook within Jackson County

On record in Springbrook

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

Population over time

2 figures

Springbrook fell from 144 to 143 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.

YearPeople Change
2010144
2020143-1 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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 Springbrook between 2006 and 2014, burning about 80 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3

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 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources32997 150TH STREET, IOWA
23 March 2014Debris and open burning2.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Springbrook: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Springbrook QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Springbrook-Lundin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springbrook in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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
June 2007Tornado (EF2)Springbrook$3,250,000A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles south of Bellevue, IA. It moved north to county road Z15 and then northeast crossing the Mississippi River just south of Lock and Dam 12 into Jo Daviess County Illinois. Along the path, damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees, farm out buildings, and roofs. The most significant damage occurred near the junction of county highway Z15 and 407th Avenue. A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed. The residents of the mobile home had taken shelter in the farm house about 100 feet away. The farm house only had damaged gutters.
September 2018Tornado (EF1)Springbrook$250,000An EF-1 tornado damaged and uprooted trees, snapped a power pole, and caused roof damage. Maximum wind speed was estimated around 100 mph. The tornado was on the ground less than 1 minute and travelled a little more than a quarter mile.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringbrook$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a grain bin over about two miles west of Springbrook, IA at 7:40 pm June 8.
May 2014HailSpringbrook$500Golf ball hail fell in Springbrook, IA around 800 pm CDT May 20. The hail damaged a squad car.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSpringbrook-Law Enforcement relayed a public report of 60 MPH thunderstorm winds near Springbrook.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringbrook-A trained spotter reported several trees down and siding blown off a house. Winds were estimated at 70 mph.
May 2010HailSpringbrook-Quarter-sized hail fell near Springbrook, IA at 135 pm May 25. Wind gusts were estimated to be between 40 and 50 mph. Heavy rain was also observed.
July 2008HailSpringbrook-Nickel-sized hail fell 2 miles south of Springbrook, IA at |220 pm July 2.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Rockaway (historical)5.4 miles13
Pleasant Creek5.5 miles13
Andrew6.2 miles17
Spragueville6.7 miles13
Bellevue7.1 miles18
Van Buren8.1 miles13
North Bellevue8.2 miles18
Green Island8.2 miles15

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 SpringbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925631The 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 464755. 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.