Alburnett, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52202. The Survey maps it on the Central City quadrangle. 675 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
On record in Alburnett
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
- Hickman-Nietert-Odd Fellows Buildinglisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresAlburnett grew from 673 to 675 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 | 673 | |
| 2020 | 675 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1888 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Alburnett between 2003 and 2006, burning about 42 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 November 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alburnett: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fishel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alburnett in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Alburnett | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A tornado touched down at Alburnett causing damage. The center section of the horse barn roof at Strand Arabian Stables was torn off. Sheet metal from the horse barn roof littered surrounding yards, and one woman was cut by the sheet metal. She was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where she was treated and released. There were about 45 horses on the grounds of the stables when the tornado hit, but incredibly none were hurt. A barn also collapsed along Lafayette Road. Ten cows were inside the barn, and one was killed. Damage was also found along East Otter Road. A house had it's roof damaged and siding taken off, and a small shed was destroyed. A minivan was pushed off of a driveway and had it's windows broken out. A garage door was also pushed in on a garage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph resulted in a power outage in Alburnett, IA at 525 am CDT July 11. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | $25,000 | Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew down several large trees damaging some homes. Time estimated. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Alburnett | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Alburnett | $1,000 | A NWS Survey Team determined a brief high end EF1 tornado, with estimated maximum wind speeds around 110 mph, snapped and uprooted hardwood trees at a farmstead. The tornado was embedded in a roughly quarter mile wide swath of straight line wind damage with estimated speeds of 80 to 90 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew some branches down and ripped some shingles and siding off a home in Alburnett, IA around 640 pm April 5. |
| April 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Alburnett | - | The Fire Department reported a funnel cloud just west of Alburnett. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | A citizen reported estimated high winds. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | A trained spotter reported several healthy large tree branches down, the time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Alburnett | - | This report was received through social media. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | Tree limbs larger than 2 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Alburnett | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 6 miles west of Central City, IA around 500 pm CDT May 20. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Alburnett | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 3 miles north of Alburnett, IA around 732 pm CDT May 20. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | Local broadcast media estimated wind speeds of 55 to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several trees in Alburnett, IA at 813 pm CDT June 8. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Alburnett | - | Golf ball sized hail. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Alburnett | - | Quarter sized hail reported by trained storm spotter. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | Trees and large limbs downed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alburnett | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Alburnett | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rogers | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Alice | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Robins | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Toddville | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Central City | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Jordans Grove | 6.4 miles | 14 |
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 Alburnett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970672 | 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 454117. 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.








