Anthon, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kedron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51004. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Correctionville quadrangle. 545 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAnthon fell from 565 to 545 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 | 565 | |
| 2020 | 545 | -20 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Correctionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Anthon: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cockburn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anthon in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a garage and cattle barn. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Anthon | $10,000 | A tornado damaged corn and soybean crops, and trees. The tornado knocked down 3 power poles, and destroyed 5 outbuildings on two farms. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Several tree limbs down. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Anthon | - | Rainfall of 4.60 inches was measured. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Anthon | - | Heavy rainfall of 4.20 inches washed out a driveway. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Anthon | - | Penny size hail was accompanied by one inch of rain. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of tree damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees uprooted. The winds also blew dowm power lines and poles. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, and blew down at least one power pole. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 4 inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Anthon | - | Large hail, driven by damaging winds, broke several windows and dented vehicles. The amount of damage was not known. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthon | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a car off a road. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Anthon | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Anthon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Valley (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oto | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Correctionville | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pierson | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cushing | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Smithland | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Climbing Hill | 11.6 miles | 9 |
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 Anthon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1922623 | 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 454198. 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.
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.




