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Clare, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50524. The Survey maps it on the Clare quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.

Clare within Webster County

Population over time

2 figures

Clare fell from 146 to 136 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
2010146
2020136-10 (-7%)

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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Clare in 2012, burning about 42 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 burning2
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
25 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2012Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clare: 6 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
Condon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilpin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gilpin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Joe Hammer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jondle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vanderhoff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

35 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clare in 35 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 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
March 2019FloodClare$1,000,000Emergency reported water had started to rise along Riverside Trail between Fort Dodge and Otho, and will impact residential areas. Webster County has begun to evacuate some residents. The emergency manager also noted ice jam action likely starting near Lehigh.|The ice jam near Lehigh on the Des Moines River ended up flooding many homes and structures in the town of Lehigh. Many roads were closed as well.
March 2019FloodClare$200,000Emergency manager reported most gravel roads cannot be driven on and several blacktop roads covered in water. At the time, low visibility making it hard to see flooded roadways. County has taken most utility trucks off the roads due to flood dangers.
August 2007Flash FloodClare$100,000Highway 169 north of Fort Dodge was closed by water running over the road. Highway 20 underpass closed by running water.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindClare$50,000no account filed
August 2007Flash FloodClare$25,000Lizard Creek was reported as flooding with roads flooded near Barnum. Highway 169 and 20 intersection was closed due to water over the road. Numerous roads in Fort Dodge were under water.
August 2007Flash FloodClare$25,000Water was reported over the road on Highway C66 between Highway 169 and Clare. Emergency personnel had trouble getting around Fort Dodge due to flooded roads.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClare$15,000A large trees uprooted and down on a house.
August 2007FloodClare$10,000There had been reports of a levee breach. The Emergency Manager noted that there was not actually a breach on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClare$10,000no account filed
July 2009HailClare$5,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindClare$3,000Trees 2 feet in diameter were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindClare$3,000Tree branches were blown down.
June 2010HailClare$3,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindClare$2,000Public reported large tree limbs downed near intersection of 190th street and Baxter Ave west of Barnum.
July 2008HailClare$2,000no account filed
May 2004HailClare$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailClare$2,000no account filed
July 2009HailClare$1,000no account filed
July 2008HailClare$1,000no account filed
June 2024Tornado (EFU)Clare-A brief tornado was captured on video near Clare during the late afternoon. The tornado remained in open cropland with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
October 2023Tornado (EF0)Clare-Brief tornado captured on video northwest of Barnum, IA. The tornado remained in open rural farmland and did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
July 2020HailClare-Public report via social media of quarter sized hail.
March 2019FloodClare-Multiple secondary roads in Webster County closed due to flooding.
August 2018Heavy RainClare-Trained spotter estimated heavy rainfall of 5.80 inches.
June 2018HailClare-Public reported half dollar sized hail.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindClare-Public reported medium to large branches down in their yard.
August 2018Heavy RainClare-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 6.60 inches over the last 48 hours.
June 2018HailClare-Public reported up to half dollar sized hail. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar.
June 2018Flash FloodClare-Emergency manager reported Highway C66 near Clare closed due to flash flooding. This is a delayed report from yesterday, time estimated from radar.
April 2013HailClare-Ground was covered.
July 2009HailClare-Public reported event which was relayed from NSSL.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Clare-Brief touchdown with no damage.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Clare-Two seperate spotters reported a brief tornado between Clare and Barnum.
June 2010FloodClare-no account filed
August 2008HailClare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Barnum5.5 miles9
Tara6.6 miles9
Wadleigh8.4 miles8
West Fort Dodge (historical)10.2 miles11
Moorland10.4 miles8
Badger10.7 miles11
Fort Dodge11.3 miles11
Roelyn12.0 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 ClareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1934204The 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 455422. 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.