Bode, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delana Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50519. The Survey maps it on the Bode quadrangle. 302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBode grew from 302 to 302 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 | 302 | |
| 2020 | 302 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bode quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bode between 2009 and 2011, burning about 18 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 100TH & 130TH, IA |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1718 120TH ST., IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bode: 2 past producers. 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.
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bode in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bode | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported small half inch brances broken off and roof damage from up to ping pong ball sized hail this evening. This is a delayed report. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported large oak tree topped with section greater than one foot in diameter down. Three other oak trees with large limbs down as well. Estimated winds in excess of 60 mph. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bode | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bode | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | $3,000 | A garage was damaged in the city of Bode. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Bode | $500 | Thunderstorms developed in a north to south line across central Iowa, with scattered thunderstorms on either side of this line. They moved north during the afternoon and evening hours. The development took place along the edge of an upper level dry slot. Most of the storms produced gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and some small hail. One report of dime-size hail was received from the City of Hampton, in Franklin County. Another brief period of dime-size hail occurred over western Humboldt County. Considerable damage was done to one property in Polk City. Winds blew a pole building out of the ground and caused damage to a few other buildings on the property. The winds appeared to be the result of a microburst as the top of the thunderstorm collapsed. For the most part however, damage was minor around the state. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Bode | - | The East Fork of the Des Moines at Dakota City crested at 21.65 ft on June 24 at 01:30 pm CDT. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Bode | - | Shredded leaves with some dented cars occurred. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | - | Power pole down just north of Bode on 120th street. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Bode | - | Trained spotter report of 1.5 inch sized hail in Bode. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | - | Healthy 6-inch diameter tree branches broken. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bode | - | CoCoRaHS reported a 24 hour rain total of 3.3 inches. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bode | - | Penny to quarter sized hail. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bode | - | Public report of dimes sized hail increasing to quarter sized. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Bode | - | Public report via social media of 2.5 inches of rain. Beginning and ending times estimated via radar. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Bode | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud that did not last long, but a wall cloud remained still rotating. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Bode | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud at least half way to the ground. Spotter reported possibly seeing debris under the funnel as well. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bode | - | Rainfall 1.88 inches. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bode | - | Garage building was blown down in the town of Bode. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bode | - | 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 Bode | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934174 | 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 454731. 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.




