Clemons, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Minerva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50051. It stands on Middle Minerva Creek. The Survey maps it on the State Center quadrangle. 140 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Clemons
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 1 record
- Minerva Creek Bridgelisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresClemons fell from 148 to 140 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 | 148 | |
| 2020 | 140 | -8 (-5%) |
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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS State Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Clemons between 2006 and 2020, burning about 68 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2962 BINFORD AVE, IA |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clemons: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Humphreys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemons in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Clemons | $25,000 | Minerva Creek out of its banks and flooding 50 acres near 148th and S52. Water approaching the bridge. Gravel road 155th was under water. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Clemons | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail and small branches down between Saint Anthony and Clemons. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Clemons | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Clemons | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Clemons | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Clemons | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Anthony | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Minerva | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bangor | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Illinois Grove | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Moningers | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| State Center | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| LaMoille | 8.5 miles | 9 |
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 Clemons | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1944977 | 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 455471. 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.




