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.
Population over time
2 figuresAlbion 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 505 | |
| 2020 | 448 | -57 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2534 STOREY LINE ROAD, MARSHALLTOWN, IA 50158, IOW |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Albion | $100,000 | Tornado touched down near Albion and tracked into notheast Marshall County. Tree and structural damage was reported along the path. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $50,000 | Numerous large trees down with a couple on the house. Outbuilding damage at the residence as well. A funnel cloud also was reported. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $20,000 | Trained spotter reported large section of roof removed from a home. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $15,000 | The Emergency Manager reported grain bins destroyed and roof damage to a house. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Many 12 inch diameter tree limbs downed. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported doors blown off machine shed and large branches down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Albion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Albion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Albion | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Three very large trees down in spotters yard. Suspected microbust. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Albion | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Albion | - | Pencil thin funnel cloud just north of Albion. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Albion | - | Trained spotter reported pea to nickle sized hail. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Albion | - | Public reported a funnel cloud. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Albion | - | 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.
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 Albion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1922674 | 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 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.




