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Clarksville, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50619. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle. 1,264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

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Clarksville within Butler County

Population over time

2 figures

Clarksville fell from 1,439 to 1,264 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
20101,439
20201,264-175 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clarksville: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Engle-Clarksville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rattlesnake QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clarksville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hurd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knocks Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksville in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 8 heavy rain, 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
July 1999Flash FloodClarksville$500,000no account filed
September 2016FloodClarksville$300,000Emergency Manager reported levee on the west side of Clarksville along the Shell Rock river failed and the southwest side of town is flooding. Residents being evacuated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindClarksville$250,000Numerous trees and power lines down throughout town. Worst trees damage was on the southern and western side of town. Most trees in this region sustained limb damage or were snapped. Winds lasted six minutes based on spotter account. The falling trees damaged several houses, buildings, and power lines.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Clarksville$200,000This short-lived tornado formed east of Clarksville and caused damage to multiple shelter belts. It strengthened to an EF1 as it passed over a house and removed part of its roof. The tornado damaged another house a mile further east before dissipating shortly thereafter.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindClarksville$70,000Swath of RFD winds south of the two tornadoes. Large tree snapped on farmstead. Empty grain bin rolled 75 yards to the ENE. Many tree limbs downed for a mile north and several miles E and W of this point.
September 2016FloodClarksville$50,000Iowa DOT reported Highway 188 closed in both directions due to flooding. Detour in place.
September 2016FloodClarksville$50,000Public reported water over the road on Highway 188 just south of Clarksville.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindClarksville$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindClarksville$50,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindClarksville$35,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindClarksville$25,000Numerous trees were blown down, some up to one to two feet in diameter. One large tree fell on a home causing damage to the home. Power lines were down on roadways along with the trees.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindClarksville$15,000A NWS Employee estimated wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph in the town of Clarksville.
July 1995HailClarksville$15,000no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000Law enforcement reported a large tree limb down on a home in Clarksville. Time estimated from radar.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000Public reported large tree down along with partial roof removed from a Morton building. Relayed by NWS employee. Time radar estimated.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000Four large trees were downed.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000The same front mentioned above remained stationary over Iowa during the night. A weak impulse moved along the front and resulted in the development of a mesoscale convective system. The thunderstorms were widespread, however most were not severe. One storm did produce high winds in Webster City. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received. The high winds extended up to the Woolstock area in extreme southern Wright County. Farther east, the storms downed trees in the city of Clarksville.
April 2014HailClarksville$10,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000no account filed
July 2007HailClarksville$10,000no account filed
July 2007HailClarksville$10,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000Public reported estimated 60 plus mph winds and trees down. Report relayed by NWS employee. Time radar estimated.
June 2014HailClarksville$5,000Emergency Manager reported 1 inch diameter hail and winds of 50 to 60 MPH.
May 2010Flash FloodClarksville$5,000Water running through fields and ditches and also ponding of water near Clarksville.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000Trees and power lines down in the city.
April 2014HailClarksville$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailClarksville$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000no account filed
April 2009HailClarksville$3,000Report received from a KIMT spotter.
September 2005HailClarksville$2,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindClarksville$2,000no account filed
April 2008HailClarksville$1,000no account filed
September 2001HailClarksville$1,000no account filed
May 2025Funnel CloudClarksville-Report via social media.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Trained spotter report of a tree down in town.
September 2025HailClarksville-Clarksville fire department reported half inch to three quarter inch sized hail.
July 2020HailClarksville-NWS employee reported quarter sized hail southwest of Clarksville.
June 2020HailClarksville-Fire Department reported quarter sized hail mixed with smaller hail lasting approximately ten minutes.
June 2018HailClarksville-KWWL relayed a public report of quarter sized hail.
June 2017HailClarksville-Local fire department reported penny sized hail.
September 2017Heavy RainClarksville-Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 2.84 inches.
September 2016Flash FloodClarksville-Law enforcement reported water up to the wheel wells of a pickup truck along 220th st near Terrace Ave.
September 2016Heavy RainClarksville-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainClarksville-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 2.9 inches roughly over the last two hours.
September 2016Flash FloodClarksville-Public reported several rural roads north of Clarksville impassable due to water flowing over them. Time radar estimated.
September 2016Heavy RainClarksville-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.25 inches. This is an updated rainfall total from an earlier report as rain has now stopped.
September 2016Heavy RainClarksville-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 4.17 inches storm total on the north end of town.
September 2016Heavy RainClarksville-Clarksville fire department reported heavy rainfall on the day of 4.6 inches.
August 2016Heavy RainClarksville-KWWL recorded heavy rainfall of 2.77 inches. Came in two waves, morning storm followed by evening storms.
July 2008Heavy RainClarksville-Rainfall in the past hour and one half was 2.44 inches.
July 2021HailClarksville-no account filed
June 2012HailClarksville-no account filed
March 2007Funnel CloudClarksville-no account filed
May 2003HailClarksville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Packard5.7 miles9
Shell Rock6.8 miles9
Allison7.1 miles9
Coster8.1 miles9
Butler Center8.6 miles9
Wilmar8.9 miles9
Pilot Rock9.7 miles9
New Albion10.4 miles9

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 ClarksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1947716The 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 455441. 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.

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.