Beaman, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50609. The Survey maps it on the Conrad East quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBeaman fell from 191 to 161 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 | 191 | |
| 2020 | 161 | -30 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Conrad East quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Beaman between 2009 and 2011, burning about 144 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | GRANT 28, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beaman: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gladbrook Brick and Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lamken Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaman in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Beaman | $35,000 | Tornado dropped down north of Beaman and progressed southeast. Crossed into Tama County from Grundy County. Most of the track was through open country. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Beaman | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | $10,000 | Large tree blow down onto a house. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Beaman | $3,000 | Nickel size hail was reported between Conrad and Beaman. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Beaman | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Beaman | - | Total rainfall of 3.06 inches since midnight at mesonet station GW1032 Beaman. |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Beaman | - | Public report of a funnel cloud. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Beaman | - | Public report of 5.03 inches of rain since midnight. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaman | - | Wind gust estimated at 60 MPH. |
| August 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Beaman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beaman | - | 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.
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 Beaman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934063 | 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 454401. 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.




