Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“Bloomfield Public Library is a public library located in Bloomfield, Iowa, United States. A library in Bloomfield dates back to the 1870s when a library association was established.”
Wikipedia article Bloomfield Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Davis County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield Public Library between 2006 and 2020, burning about 527 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 25 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 3 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000,000 | KMEM Radio reported that the Davis County Courthouse and several businesses had shattered windows and a local high school had a partial roof collapse. Damage was caused by combination of wind and hail. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Bloomfield | $550,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $100,000 | Public report of trees and power lines down and traffic light bent within the city of Bloomfield. Also observed pea to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | $75,000 | One to three feet of water covered the streets. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flood | Bloomfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $25,000 | A few large trees, between 12 and 18 inches in diameter, were blown down along with several large tree limbs of 6 to 10 inch diameter, throughout the town of Bloomfield. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported telephone pole down/on ground. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bloomfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | Delayed report of hail at the airport. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | Public reported quarter sized hail and heavy rainfall. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Bloomfield | - | Law enforcement reported water over Highway 63 north of Bloomfield. Power was also reported out across Bloomfield. Time estimated. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 1.91 inches, with most since 4:30am. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | Trained spotter reported wind gust. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.23 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.01 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Rainfall of 2.04 inches in past two days, 1.90 in the past 24 hours. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.06 inches. |
| October 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Coop reported 3.40 inches of rain. Was 48 hour total, but very little fell before Saturday morning. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Standing water was reported in fields across Davis County. Two feet of ponded waster was reported across old Highway 2 in Bloomfield. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | Rainfall from the overnight storms was 6.9 inches. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Bloomfield | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open fields. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Davis County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1974 |
 | Bloomfield Square | 0.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Henry Wishard House | 0.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Asa Wilson House | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | William Findley House | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
 | James B. Weaver House | 0.3 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000721 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Davis County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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