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Belmond, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50421. It stands on East Branch Iowa River. The Survey maps it on the Belmond quadrangle. 2,463 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.

Belmond within Wright County

Population over time

2 figures

Belmond grew from 2,376 to 2,463 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
20102,376
20202,463+87 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Belmond in 2009, burning about 35 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/undetermined3

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
19 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Belmond: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. 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
Augustine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Echhoff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hunt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcnulty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nelson Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmond in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998LightningBelmond1 hurt, $2,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBelmond$250,000Emergency manager reported 3 to 4 outbuildings completely destroyed near Belmond. Time estimated from radar.
June 2010FloodBelmond$200,000no account filed
June 2001HailBelmond$150,000no account filed
September 2016FloodBelmond$50,000Iowa DOT reported US Highway 69 closed near Belmond due to flooding. Detour in place.
May 2013FloodBelmond$50,000no account filed
March 2010FloodBelmond$50,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBelmond$30,000no account filed
September 2018FloodBelmond$25,000Law enforcement reported flooding in portions of the county with some roads impassible. Many roads have standing water and larger creeks and streams are rising out of their banks.
June 2013Tornado (EF1)Belmond$20,000Tornado formed on the east edge of town near the elementary school destroying an automated weather station. The storm then moved eastward before turning southeast over rural areas of Wright county.
March 2004LightningBelmond$20,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBelmond$15,000Numerous 12 inch diameter branches down. Trees snapped in half.
July 2013HailBelmond$15,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBelmond$15,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBelmond$15,000no account filed
July 2010FloodBelmond$10,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBelmond$10,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBelmond$5,000Iowa DOT reported debris blocking the roadway in both directions on Highway 69. Time estimated by radar.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBelmond$5,000A tree was blown down on a gravel road just north of Belmond.
July 2013HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
June 2009HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBelmond$5,000no account filed
June 1997HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
July 1995HailBelmond$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBelmond$3,000Trees down in Belmond. Small to large tree branches down in Belmond.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBelmond$3,000Winds estimated up to 60 MPH with 5 to 6 inch limbs blown off trees.
July 2012HailBelmond$3,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBelmond$3,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBelmond$2,000Large tree blocking Highway 69 south of Belmond.
July 2012HailBelmond$2,000no account filed
July 2012HailBelmond$1,000Nickle to quarter size hail and 50 MPH winds.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Belmond$500no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBelmond-Report of trees down in Belmond. Time estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBelmond-Delayed report of damage to a large farm building just east of Belmond with debris strewn into the field. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
September 2024HailBelmond-Delayed report. Photos of hail in Belmond. Size estimate based on photos from social media.
May 2016Heavy RainBelmond-Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.00 inches. Reported via social media.
August 2023HailBelmond-no account filed
July 2010FloodBelmond-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Belmond-no account filed
May 1998HailBelmond-no account filed
June 1997HailBelmond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Cornelia5.3 miles9
Olaf6.5 miles9
Sollberg7.5 miles9
Rowan8.0 miles9
Clarion10.1 miles9
Drew (historical)10.2 miles9
Galt10.5 miles9
Holmes13.8 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 BelmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q816091The 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 454502. 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.