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Carroll, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Carroll City. It lies in ZIP code area 51401. It lies near Mount Moses. The Survey maps it on the Carroll East quadrangle. 10,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.

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Carroll within Carroll County

On record in Carroll

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Carroll grew from 10,103 to 10,321 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
201010,103
202010,321+218 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Carroll between 2007 and 2016, burning about 45 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/undetermined4
Smoking1
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
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesLIDDERDALE FD
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources6301 JADE AVE, IA
26 April 2014Smoking25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1408 N WEST ST., IOWA
8 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesLIDDERDALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carroll: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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
Carroll Pit Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Handlos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matt LappeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schumacher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

60 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carroll in 91 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 12 heavy rain, 6 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2008LightningCarroll1 hurtno account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$1,500,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodCarroll$300,000no account filed
April 2007FloodCarroll$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarroll$250,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodCarroll$250,000no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodCarroll$100,000Three to four feet of standing water on city streets.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Sheriff dispatch relayed wind and hail in Carroll, including trees and powerlines down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Sheriff reported half of the city of Carroll without power and numerous crews out clearing up to a foot diameter trees from roads in town along with power lines.
September 2015Flash FloodCarroll$50,000Heavy rainfall of 2 inches in about 45 minutes. Street flooding in Carroll was reported with water up to the doors of cars.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Widespread damage throughout the town of Carroll. Numerous branches, power lines, and street signs down.
April 1998FloodCarroll$50,000no account filed
July 1998FloodCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1996LightningCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCarroll$35,000no account filed
June 1996FloodCarroll$30,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000Power lines down in Carroll. Large branches down, causing damage to a house porch.
June 2008FloodCarroll$25,000Highway was closed and flooded at 3rd street.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
May 1998HailCarroll$25,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCarroll$15,000no account filed
April 2002HailCarroll$15,000no account filed
July 1996FloodCarroll$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$10,000Trees were blown down in the city of Carroll.
July 1999HailCarroll$10,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCarroll$10,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Local law enforcement reports power lines and fencing blown down near the 1500 block of Highway 71 in Carroll.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Spotter reported 70 MPH winds at the intersection of Highways 30 and 71.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Measured gust by the Carroll Kuemper Catholic Schoolnet site.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 1999HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 1999HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$4,000Two trees were downed.
June 2005HailCarroll$3,000no account filed
May 2002HailCarroll$3,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$2,000no account filed
August 2010LightningCarroll$2,000no account filed
July 2006HailCarroll$2,000no account filed
October 2004HailCarroll$2,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCarroll$1,000Public reported 3 to 4 inch diameter branches down in Carroll from the evening storms. Time estimated from radar.
August 2004HailCarroll$1,000no account filed
August 1998LightningCarroll$300no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCarroll-Emergency manager reported large trees down in Swan Lake State Park. Time estimated from radar.
May 2023HailCarroll-Report via broadcast media.
May 2023HailCarroll-Quarter sized hail in Carroll relayed by Law Enforcement.
May 2023HailCarroll-Report via social media.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCarroll-Reports of trees and a powerline down in the city of Carroll.

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Maple River4.3 miles8
Roselle5.2 miles8
Lidderdale6.0 miles8
Mount Carmel6.4 miles8
Willey6.4 miles9
Halbur6.8 miles8
Kentner7.3 miles8
Glidden7.3 miles8

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 CarrollAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1903180The 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 455182. 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.