Armstrong, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Armstrong Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50514. The Survey maps it on the Armstrong quadrangle. 875 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
On record in Armstrong
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 2 records
Ellsworth Ranch Bridgelisted 1998- Thomsen Round Barnlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresArmstrong fell from 926 to 875 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 | 926 | |
| 2020 | 875 | -51 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Armstrong quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Armstrong in 2011, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 40TH AVE AND 450TH ST., IA |
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 Armstrong: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaarde Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hoien Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kossuth County 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 | ||
| West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $100,000 | A 66 foot by 76 foot barn, 50 feet high, was destroyed by high winds. A grain bin was blown off its concrete pad. Debris, grass, and corn was blown across the highway. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Armstrong | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Armstrong | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported winds over Iowa Lake, north of Armstrong, estimated at 60 to 65 MPH. Pea size hail also. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Armstrong | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $2,000 | Tree damage reported by the public. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Armstrong | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armstrong | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Armstrong | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Armstrong | - | Emergency manager reported heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Armstrong | - | A trained spotter reported a measurement of 4.25 inches of rain. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Armstrong | - | A tornado formed and touched down briefly over Iowa Lake. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Armstrong | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Armstrong | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halfa | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gridley | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ringsted | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Hill | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dolliver | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Forsyth | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bubona (historical) | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hoprig | 11.5 miles | 7 |
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 Armstrong | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1762852 | 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 454236. 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.



