Calumet, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51009. The Survey maps it on the Sutherland West quadrangle. 146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,437 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCalumet fell from 170 to 146 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 | 170 | |
| 2020 | 146 | -24 (-14%) |
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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sutherland West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Storm Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Calumet between 2009 and 2014, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Calumet: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay/Strattmann/Paullina Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dieterman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Engelke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Frank Steel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calumet in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Calumet | $200,000 | A tornado destroyed several outbuildings, moved a 1.5 ton wagon, heavily damaged a machine shed containing farm equipment and also damaged a nearby house on the same farm. Also destroyed another machine shed at a different location, destroyed a pole barn, damaged a grain bin, broke or blew down several power poles and power lines, and caused tree damage. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Calumet | $200,000 | A tornado downed trees in Calumet and Sutherland, some of which caused severe damage to homes. The tornado also blew chimneys off at least two houses, caused other tree damage, knocked down power lines, and destroyed the concession stand at a softball field. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Calumet | $50,000 | This tornado formed on the southeast edge of Larrabee in Cherokee County, just south of 455th Street. The tornado entered O'Brien County around 4 miles south of Sutherland, one-half mile east of the intersection of Tyler Avenue and 420th Street. The tornado continued northeast in O'Brien County for almost 4 miles, and resulted in only sporadic tree damage before destroying a shed and scattered debris across State Highway 10 two miles south-southeast of Sutherland. The tornado tore part of a roof off a shed shortly before it dissipated two miles southeast of Sutherland at 1711CST. The tornado was rated EF1 while in both Cherokee County and O'Brien County. The average path width in O'Brien County was 75 yards and the maximum estimated wind speed was 105 mph. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. The winds also damaged a garage, blew down power poles and lines, and blew down 18 gravestones at a cemetery. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Calumet | $5,000 | A tornado damaged a hoop barn. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Calumet | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Calumet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gaza | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Mapleside | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Waterman | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Paullina | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Primghar | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Germantown | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Moneta | 15.2 miles | 7 |
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 Calumet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1922711 | 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 455060. 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.




