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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.

Buckeye within Hardin County

Population over time

2 figures

Buckeye 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.

YearPeople Change
2010108
202086-22 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcbride PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

21 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Tornado (EF1)Buckeye$100,000This 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 2015FloodBuckeye$50,000Many road closures were noted across southern portions of the county from flooding.
April 2008Flash FloodBuckeye$25,000KCCI 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 2003Thunderstorm WindBuckeye$15,000no account filed
April 2002HailBuckeye$15,000no account filed
July 2003HailBuckeye$10,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBuckeye$6,000Trees 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 2005Thunderstorm WindBuckeye$5,000no account filed
May 2001HailBuckeye$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailBuckeye$5,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBuckeye$2,000Trained spotter reported 2 to 4 inch diameter branches downed.
May 2000HailBuckeye$2,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-Report of 6-8 inch branches down. Bean crops flattened. Pea sized hail. Time estimated.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-Livestock building sustained damage during structural repair. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-Emergency manager reported overturned semis on Highway 20. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
May 2019Funnel CloudBuckeye-Public reported a funnel cloud via social media.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-Miso-vortex produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Tornado (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 2008Heavy RainBuckeye-no account filed
June 2001HailBuckeye-no account filed
June 2001HailBuckeye-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Sherman4.4 miles9
Racine4.4 miles9
Alden Station (historical)6.0 miles9
Alden7.1 miles9
Wilke7.4 miles9
Radcliffe7.7 miles9
Hubbard8.7 miles9
Owasa9.0 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 BuckeyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1874617The 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.