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Battle Creek, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maple Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51006. It stands on Lund Creek. The Survey maps it on the Battle Creek quadrangle. 700 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.

Battle Creek within Ida County

On record in Battle Creek

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

Population over time

2 figures

Battle Creek fell from 713 to 700 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.

YearPeople Change
2010713
2020700-13 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Battle Creek between 2011 and 2019, burning about 334 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2702 CARRIAGE AVE BATTLE CREEK, IA 51006, IA
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources4834 250TH ST., IA
16 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2596 BRADY AVE., BATTLE CREEK, IA, IA
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources5106 280TH ST., BATTLE CREEK, IA, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ida County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Battle Creek: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ida County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battle Creek in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019FloodBattle Creek$810,000Flooding resulted in extensive damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Battle Creek$200,000A tornado formed in an open field between 280th and 290th Streets near the Woodbury and Ida County line southwest of Battle Creek. The tornado tracked northeast for around one mile before it removed shingles from a house southwest of Battle Creek. As the tornado continued northeast, four additional farmsteads were impacted with|several outbuildings damaged or destroyed. Several trees were damaged and a few power poles were snapped north of Battle Creek. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 59 just north of 190th Street, and lifted approximately 7 miles north of Ida Grove. The average path width was 50 yards and the maximum estimated wind speed was 100 mph. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large branches and power lines, with a resulting power outage.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Numerous large tree limbs were taken down by thunderstorm wind gusts, some limbs in excess of 12 inches in diameter. Power was knocked out across town due to tree limbs falling on power lines.
June 2019FloodBattle Creek-During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Winds took down numerous tree branches, several in excess of 3 inches diameter.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Large tree downed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2012Flash FloodBattle Creek-Heavy rainfall of 3.8 inches in a short time caused flash flooding of fields and a few county roads.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain.
May 2011HailBattle Creek-Large hail was accompanied by an inch of rain.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole and cause minor tree damage.
May 2008HailBattle Creek-Large hail covered the ground.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, resulting in a power outage.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, resulting in power outages. Tree debris block several streets. The power outages affected Battle creek and nearby areas, with the outages lasting from 2 to 6 hours.
September 2006HailBattle Creek-Large hail covered the ground up to 4 inches deep. Some hail was still on the ground over 2 hours after it stopped falling.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds and heavy rain caused widespread crop damage over the southern part of Ida county. The amount of crop damage was not known.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and caused tree damage.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, blew over power poles, and flattened corn. The amount of property and crop damage was not known.
April 2026HailBattle Creek-no account filed
June 2017HailBattle Creek-no account filed
June 2015HailBattle Creek-no account filed
June 2014HailBattle Creek-no account filed
June 2014HailBattle Creek-no account filed
June 2012HailBattle Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailBattle Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailBattle Creek-no account filed
April 2007HailBattle Creek-no account filed
September 2006HailBattle Creek-no account filed
September 2006HailBattle Creek-no account filed
October 2005HailBattle Creek-no account filed
May 2004HailBattle Creek-no account filed
May 2004HailBattle Creek-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-no account filed
May 2004HailBattle Creek-no account filed
July 2003HailBattle Creek-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-no account filed
August 2002HailBattle Creek-no account filed
May 2001HailBattle Creek-no account filed
August 2001HailBattle Creek-no account filed
April 1998HailBattle Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ida County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ida Grove7.0 miles8
Holstein12.3 miles8
Arthur13.4 miles8
Galva16.3 miles9

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 Battle CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q810992The 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 454386. 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.