Buckeye, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Buckeye Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50006. The Survey maps it on the Buckeye East quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBuckeye fell from 108 to 86 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 | 108 | |
| 2020 | 86 | -22 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Buckeye East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 4 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloome Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcbride Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckeye in 21 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Buckeye | $100,000 | This tornado moved into Hardin county from Hamilton county. This short segment did primarily crop damage but hit a farmstead before dissipating causing the destruction of two grain bins and badly damaging three outbuildings. This tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Buckeye | $50,000 | Many road closures were noted across southern portions of the county from flooding. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Buckeye | $25,000 | KCCI viewers reported the South Fork of the Iowa River was out of its banks. Viewer said it was the highest level they have ever seen. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Buckeye | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Buckeye | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | $6,000 | Trees down at campground. One camper was blown off of its blocks. Large tree limb fell on a truck. Large metal shed with door damage. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Buckeye | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Buckeye | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported 2 to 4 inch diameter branches downed. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Buckeye | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Report of 6-8 inch branches down. Bean crops flattened. Pea sized hail. Time estimated. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Livestock building sustained damage during structural repair. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Emergency manager reported overturned semis on Highway 20. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Buckeye | - | Public reported a funnel cloud via social media. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Miso-vortex produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckeye | - | This short lived and narrow tornado remained in rural areas of western Hardin county producing only crop damage. The tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| May 2008 | Heavy Rain | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Buckeye | - | 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 Buckeye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1874617 | 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 454934. 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.
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.




