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Albion, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50005. The Survey maps it on the Marshalltown quadrangle. 448 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Albion within Marshall County

Population over time

2 figures

Albion fell from 505 to 448 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
2010505
2020448-57 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 2006 and 2020, burning about 145 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2534 STOREY LINE ROAD, MARSHALLTOWN, IA 50158, IOW
10 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Albion: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

17 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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
August 2004Tornado (F1)Albion$100,000Tornado touched down near Albion and tracked into notheast Marshall County. Tree and structural damage was reported along the path.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAlbion$50,000Numerous large trees down with a couple on the house. Outbuilding damage at the residence as well. A funnel cloud also was reported.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbion$25,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAlbion$20,000Trained spotter reported large section of roof removed from a home.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAlbion$15,000The Emergency Manager reported grain bins destroyed and roof damage to a house.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAlbion$10,000Many 12 inch diameter tree limbs downed.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbion$10,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Trained spotter reported doors blown off machine shed and large branches down.
July 2003HailAlbion$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailAlbion$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailAlbion$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Three very large trees down in spotters yard. Suspected microbust.
July 2023HailAlbion-Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
October 2021Funnel CloudAlbion-Pencil thin funnel cloud just north of Albion.
May 2018HailAlbion-Trained spotter reported pea to nickle sized hail.
July 2018Funnel CloudAlbion-Public reported a funnel cloud.
March 2007HailAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Marietta2.1 miles9
Moningers2.4 miles9
Maulsby4.1 miles12
Minerva5.3 miles9
Liscomb5.4 miles9
Marshalltown6.1 miles12
LaMoille6.2 miles9
Bangor7.0 miles9

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 AlbionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1922674The 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 454115. 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.