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.
Population over time
2 figuresClare 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 146 | |
| 2020 | 136 | -10 (-7%) |
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
- 1979 USGS Clare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gilpin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gilpin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Hammer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jondle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vanderhoff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Clare | $1,000,000 | Emergency 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 2019 | Flood | Clare | $200,000 | Emergency 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Clare | $100,000 | Highway 169 north of Fort Dodge was closed by water running over the road. Highway 20 underpass closed by running water. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Clare | $25,000 | Lizard 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Clare | $25,000 | Water 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $15,000 | A large trees uprooted and down on a house. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Clare | $10,000 | There 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Clare | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $3,000 | Trees 2 feet in diameter were blown down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $3,000 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clare | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $2,000 | Public reported large tree limbs downed near intersection of 190th street and Baxter Ave west of Barnum. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Clare | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Clare | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Clare | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Clare | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Clare | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Tornado (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 2023 | Tornado (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 2020 | Hail | Clare | - | Public report via social media of quarter sized hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Clare | - | Multiple secondary roads in Webster County closed due to flooding. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Clare | - | Trained spotter estimated heavy rainfall of 5.80 inches. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Clare | - | Public reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | - | Public reported medium to large branches down in their yard. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Clare | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 6.60 inches over the last 48 hours. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Clare | - | Public reported up to half dollar sized hail. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Clare | - | Emergency manager reported Highway C66 near Clare closed due to flash flooding. This is a delayed report from yesterday, time estimated from radar. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Clare | - | Ground was covered. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Clare | - | Public reported event which was relayed from NSSL. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Clare | - | Brief touchdown with no damage. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Clare | - | Two seperate spotters reported a brief tornado between Clare and Barnum. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Clare | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Clare | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnum | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tara | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wadleigh | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| West Fort Dodge (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Moorland | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Badger | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Dodge | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Roelyn | 12.0 miles | 8 |
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 Clare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934204 | 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 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.




