Bayard, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50029. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle. 405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBayard fell from 471 to 405 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 | 471 | |
| 2020 | 405 | -66 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bayard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bayard in 2006, burning about 1 acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bayard: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H B Jenel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| P. Brutsche | 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 | ||
| Whitcomb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayard in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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 1995 | Tornado (F4) | Bayard | 1 hurt, $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $200,000 | Emergency Manager reported Highway 141 closed southeast of Coon Rapids, and may need to be closed near Bagley shortly. County Road P18 closed north of Bagley. Authorities are limiting access to Bayard. Extensive flooding across northern Guthrie county. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $200,000 | Six to eight inches of water over several streets in Bayard. Water over the underpass of Highway 25 in Bayard. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Bayard | $100,000 | Many primary and secondary roads were flooded. Some roads were washed out. Eight inches of flowing water was still over Highway 141 west of Bagley. Springbrook State Park was closed as water was over Hwy F25 in both directions. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Bayard | $100,000 | Emergency Manager reported widespread flooding across northern Guthrie County. All paved roads north of Highway 141 west of Highway 4 to Coon Rapids are closed. Water still rising in northern Bagley, backing up from Mosquito Creek. Springbrook State Park has been evacuated. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Bayard | $100,000 | Nearly the entire county was inundated with water. Multiple roads washed out and cars stranded in standing water and ditches. Highway 25 was closed near Bayard due to high water. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Bayard | $60,000 | Tracked through mostly open area southeast of Bayard and destroyed a barn. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported water flowing over Highway 141 east of Bayard between Maple and Locust Avenues. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $50,000 | Iowa DOT reported Highway 25 closed due to flooding near Bayard with detour routing traffic around town. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Bayard | $50,000 | Tornado was on the ground briefly, but took the roof off of a building and blew it westward. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $25,000 | Public estimated wind gusts. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $25,000 | Power was out in town with fires caused by limbs on power lines. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $20,000 | Emergency manager reported power lines down in town along with 4 to 6 inch tree limbs. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Bayard | $20,000 | An aerial survey showed a 3/4 mile long track embedded in west to east outflow. A 50 yard wide track damaged corn was observed. It also downed a dozen trees at a farmstead. A few shingles were blown off the house otherwise no building damage. The strength was EF0. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $15,000 | Four to ten inch diameter tree branches down. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $10,000 | Emergency Manager reported Highway 25 underpass flooded in the town of Bayard. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down by thunderstorms winds. Ten inch diameter tree limbs blown down to the ground onto power lines. Ten to Twelve inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Bayard | $10,000 | Highway 25 railroad underpass flooded. Highway has been closed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bayard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bayard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bayard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Bayard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bayard | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | $1,000 | Sweet corn was completely blown over with small branches down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bayard | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayard | - | Bayard Fire Department reported gust of 70 mph. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bayard | - | Local fire department reported nickel sized hail. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bayard | - | Local fire department reported quarter size hail that started around 7 pm. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bayard | - | Emergency Manager reported flooding within the town of Bayard. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bayard | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bayard | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bayard | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bayard | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Bayard | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Bayard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagley | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wichita | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fanslers | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Herndon | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Yale | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Guthrie Center | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Panorama | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jamaica | 13.2 miles | 10 |
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 Bayard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1933769 | 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 454394. 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.





