Bondurant, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50035. The Survey maps it on the Altoona quadrangle. 7,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBondurant grew from 3,860 to 7,365 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 | 3,860 | |
| 2020 | 7,365 | +3,505 (+91%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Mitchellville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Altoona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bondurant between 2007 and 2017, burning about 53 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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 6570 NE 102ND AVE, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
43 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bondurant in 43 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 9 heavy rain, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Bondurant | $250,000 | The tornado developed about a mile and a half west of Bondurant. The tornado initially traveled through agricultural fields. The tornado entered western Bondurant and produced EF2 damage to a house on the western side of town. The tornado weakened as it moved east through town with only EF0 damage on the east side of the community. The tornado entered an agricultural field on the east side of town before dissipating. |
| June 2015 | Lightning | Bondurant | $200,000 | Lightning struck a house in the early morning hours starting a fire in the garage and was soon fully engulfed in flames. The house was in a rural area of Polk County. The development also had no fire hydrants. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Flood | Bondurant | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $50,000 | Shingles blown off roofs of several houses with 12 to 18 inch diameter tree snapped in half. Many 4 to 8 inch branches blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $25,000 | Reports of a roof blown off of a house and barn at 2nd St. and NE 80th east of Bondurant were received. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $25,000 | Trees up to 3 feet in diameter fell on a house. |
| June 2012 | Lightning | Bondurant | $20,000 | Lightning struck a house in town, setting it on fire. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $15,000 | Power poles down or at a 45 degree angle. A 24 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Bondurant | $15,000 | Tornado tracked over open country for the most part. Some outbuildings were damaged, along with power lines. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Bondurant | $10,000 | Public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $10,000 | Power poles blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $7,000 | Several large tree limbs down in town and small trees less than 6 inches in diameter. Some shingle damage. A microburst occurred over the northwest side of town. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Bondurant | $5,000 | Public reported golf ball sized hail via the mPING app. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $5,000 | Public estimated winds of 60 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bondurant | $5,000 | Amateur Radio operator reported one inch diameter hail at the intersection of northeast 78th and Highway 65 in Bondurant. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $5,000 | High winds and pea hail. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bondurant | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Bondurant | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bondurant | $3,000 | Quarter size hail was reported by a HAM radio operator 4 miles north of Bondurant and 5 miles east of Ankeny. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | $2,000 | Small tree branches blown down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bondurant | - | Report relayed by broadcast media. Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Bondurant | - | Polk country dispatch replayed a report of funnel cloud. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | - | Trained spotter reported numerous trees and power lines down. Time estimated. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.14 inches over the past 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Bondurant | - | The tornado was suggested by a TDS observed on radar and subsequently confirmed via high resolution satellite data. The tornado remained in either wooded areas or open cropland with no damage noted, therefore the EF-U rating. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Bondurant | - | Public reported brief penny sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Bondurant | - | Public reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.15 inches this morning. Times radar estimated. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | CoCoRaHS observer measured heavy rainfall of 2.39 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.26 inches over the last 24 hours. Coop observer station Bondurant BONI4. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 1.88 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Storm total rainfall for the two days was 2.30 inches. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Rainfall in the past 24 hours was 2.68 inches. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bondurant | - | Rainfall of 3.14 inches in the past 24 hours. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bondurant | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondurant | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Bondurant | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altoona | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Quilhart (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Enterprise | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| White Oak | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Santiago | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Berwick | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Capitol Heights | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mitchellville | 6.0 miles | 11 |
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 Bondurant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1947638 | 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 454745. 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.
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.






