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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.

Calumet within O'Brien County

Population over time

2 figures

Calumet 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.

YearPeople Change
2010170
2020146-24 (-14%)

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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2009

Regional 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in O'Brien County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bay/Strattmann/Paullina PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dieterman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Engelke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank SteelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in O'Brien County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Tornado (EF2)Calumet$200,000A 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 2001Tornado (F1)Calumet$200,000A 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 2021Tornado (EF1)Calumet$50,000This 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 2011Thunderstorm WindCalumet$15,000Thunderstorm 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 2008Tornado (EF1)Calumet$5,000A tornado damaged a hoop barn.
May 2004HailCalumet-no account filed
July 1995HailCalumet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in O'Brien 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
Sutherland3.4 miles9
Gaza5.3 miles7
Mapleside5.5 miles7
Waterman5.6 miles9
Paullina7.7 miles9
Primghar10.5 miles7
Germantown12.2 miles9
Moneta15.2 miles7

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 CalumetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1922711The 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.