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.
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
Kegler Gonner Store and Post Officelisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresSpringbrook 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 144 | |
| 2020 | 143 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Springbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 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 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 32997 150TH STREET, IOWA |
| 23 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Springbrook-Lundin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Springbrook | $3,250,000 | A 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 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Springbrook | $250,000 | An 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springbrook | $25,000 | Wind 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 2014 | Hail | Springbrook | $500 | Golf ball hail fell in Springbrook, IA around 800 pm CDT May 20. The hail damaged a squad car. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springbrook | - | Law Enforcement relayed a public report of 60 MPH thunderstorm winds near Springbrook. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springbrook | - | A trained spotter reported several trees down and siding blown off a house. Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Springbrook | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Springbrook | - | Nickel-sized hail fell 2 miles south of Springbrook, IA at |220 pm July 2. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockaway (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Creek | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Andrew | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Spragueville | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bellevue | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Van Buren | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Bellevue | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Green Island | 8.2 miles | 15 |
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 Springbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925631 | 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 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.







