Anamosa, Iowa
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52205. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anamosa quadrangle. 5,450 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
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On record in Anamosa
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 12 of 15 shown
Anamosa Main Street Historic Districtlisted 2009
Anamosa Public Librarylisted 1983
Antioch Schoollisted 2001
Edmund and Mary Ann Walworth Booth Houselisted 2013
Fremont Mill Bridgelisted 1998
John A. Green Estatelisted 1978
Hale Bridgelisted 1998
Iowa Men's Reformatory Cemeterylisted 1992
Iowa Men's Reformatory Historic Districtlisted 1992
Jones County Court Houselisted 2003
Lower Road Bridgelisted 1998
Rick's Brewerylisted 1999
Population over time
9 figuresAnamosa grew from 889 to 5,450 between 1860 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 889 | |
| 1870 | 2,083 | +1,194 (+134%) |
| 1880 | 2,083 | 0 (0%) |
| 1890 | 2,078 | -5 (-0%) |
| 1900 | 2,891 | +813 (+39%) |
| 1910 | 2,983 | +92 (+3%) |
| 1920 | 2,881 | -102 (-3%) |
| 2010 | 5,533 | |
| 2020 | 5,450 | -83 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Anamosa between 2007 and 2018, burning about 107 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Anamosa: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anamosa Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| James Brown Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dearborn Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Penitentiary Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Weber Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vernon-Anamosa Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Anamosa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anamosa in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 40 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Anamosa | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Rated F1 |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Anamosa | $500,000 | A levee failed along the Wapsipinicon River on the southwest side of Anamosa, IA below the County Rd E34 bridge around 9:16 pm June 12. Flash flooding resulted on the southwest side of Anamosa, IA. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several large trees in Anamosa, IA at 1250 pm CDT June 18. One tree fell onto a house. Power outages were also observed. The local paper later reported that most of the tree damage occurred north of Main Street. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down some large trees on Buffalo Road just west of Anamosa, IA around 750 pm July 24. One tree fell onto a house. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Anamosa | $20,000 | Also reported by amateur radio; dime to golfball size hail; vehicles damaged in Anamosa. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $16,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $10,000 | The county emergency manager reported trees, limbs and power lines down in Anamosa. Three homes were damaged by trees falling on them. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $10,000 | Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew down a tree onto a building on the south side of Anamosa, IA. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Anamosa | $10,000 | Wind driven hail damaged some cars |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $10,000 | Numerous corn fields were flattened to the north and east of Anamosa by the wind with several trees down. A silo was destroyed 4.4 miles east southeast of Anamosa. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Anamosa | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $6,000 | The Emergency Manager for Jones County reported that part of a tree snapped off and fell on a van outside of the Anamosa Courthouse. The report was delayed. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $5,000 | The county emergency manager reported a tree had fallen on a house. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Anamosa | $5,000 | Also reported by KCRG TV and amateur radio. A severe thunderstorm produced a continuous path of 1 inch hail from the junction of highways 1 and U.S. 151 to Anamosa. At the U.S. 151 bridge over the Wapsipinicon River 1.9 miles SSE of Anamosa, 1 inch hail also occurred. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Anamosa | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Anamosa | $2,000 | Occurred near Amber, Iowa |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported multiple trees and limbs were down on the north side of Anamosa. Some of the trees came down on power lines. The spotter also reported pea to dime sized hail. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $750 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree, which fell onto a house. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $500 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew a wood shed over and blew out three garage windows in Anamosa, IA at 7:00 pm June 8. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | $120 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Spotter also had pea hail, and some small branches down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Multiple trees were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Law enforcement relayed a report that a large tree branch snapped off and fell onto power polls in Anamosa. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Social media shows a tree down and other large branches in Anamosa. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Small trees damaged and a flag pole snapped. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | A spotter estimated high winds. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | A measured wind gust from a Iowa Department of Transportation road sensor near highway 151. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | A large tree was down across a road near the intersection of north Ford and East Liberty Streets The time of the event was estimated based upon radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Anamosa | - | Law enforcement reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Anamosa | - | The emergency manager reported hail the size of quarters in the city of Anamosa. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Anamosa | - | A trained spotter measured golf ball size hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Large trees down throughout the city of Anamosa. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a tree in Anamosa, IA around 800 pm CDT July 22. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew numerous trees in Anamosa, IA at 610 pm CDT June 29. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Anamosa | - | A funnel cloud was observed near Anamosa, IA at 745 pm CDT June 8. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded by the Iowa Department of Transportation in Anamosa, IA at 811 pm CDT June 8. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 55 to 60 mph in Anamosa, IA at 1249 pm June 18. Some sweet corn was flattened. In addition, the visibility was zero due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 mph in Anamosa, IA around 11:35 pm. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Anamosa | - | Heavy rains caused some flash flooding of two streets in Anamosa, IA during the early evening hours of July 2. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Anamosa | - | Penny-sized hail fell in Anamosa, IA at 522 pm July 2. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down a tree. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree branches in Anamosa, IA.| |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 mph in Anamosa, IA.| |
| April 2006 | Hail | Anamosa | - | Media relayed public report of dime size hail |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Anamosa | - | 1.6 inches of rain in 40 minutes |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Anamosa | - | Buffalo and Division Creeks out of their banks causing flooding of some streets. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Large tree blown down on power lines. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Several large trees uprooted, including a 130 year old Maple on a farm on Old Cass Road. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anamosa | - | Large tree down blocking city street. Reported by emergency management. |
| July 1999 | Flood | Anamosa | - | Thunderstorms dumped 3 to 4 inches of rain on the city of Anamosa, which caused flooding on Therese Avenue. Residences had water and sewage coming through basements, toilets and showers. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Anamosa | - | Nickel-sized hail produced a mile-wide swath of crop damage from Anamosa to Amber. Corn was stripped and knocked down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Anamosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Anamosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Anamosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Anamosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Anamosa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stone City | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Amber | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Newport | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Langworthy | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cass (historical) | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Martelle | 7.2 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 Anamosa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1657547 | 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 454176. 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.








