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Coggon, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52218. It stands on Nugents Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coggon quadrangle. 701 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Coggon within Linn County

On record in Coggon

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Coggon grew from 658 to 701 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
2010658
2020701+43 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Coggon between 2013 and 2017, burning about 62 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2013Debris and open burning60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Coggon: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Coggon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bettenbender QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boddicker-Murray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coggon in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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
August 2009Flash FloodCoggon$500,000Heavy rains of 5 to 9 inches resulted in flash flooding of much of Linn County on August 27. Several streets and county roads were closed due to the flood waters. Some areas particularly hard hit were Cedar Rapids, Bertram, Central City, and Coggon. Some vehicles were stranded in the flood waters. Several residences experienced flooding in their basements. Numerous streams and creeks flooded out of their banks. Trained spotters and broadcast media also contributed to this report.
July 2003HailCoggon$200,000Numerous reports of nickel to 1.25 inch hail
June 1998HailCoggon$14,000There were numerous reports of damage caused by the hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCoggon-Tree, 12 inches in diameter, snapped off. Witnessed by spotter.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCoggon-A large tree limb was blown down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCoggon-A tree was blown down on a house.
June 2021HailCoggon-The spotter also estimated winds at 55 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCoggon-Two large metal grain bins downed by thunderstorm winds and blown across a field. A cattle and hay shed was also destroyed.
April 2017Funnel CloudCoggon-The fire department reported a possible funnel cloud seen during a lightning strike.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)Coggon-A brief tornado touchdown was reported with no damage observed.
April 2010HailCoggon-Half dollar sized hail fell in Coggon, IA at 647 pm April 5. The hail covered the ground.
April 2009HailCoggon-Golf ball-sized hail fell about 3 miles west of Coggon, IA at 507 pm.
April 2007Flash FloodCoggon-Fields flooded near Coggon.
July 2000Heavy RainCoggon-A NWS Spotter reported 1.18 inches of rain fell in a one-hour period.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Coggon-A tornado touched down briefly causing no injuries or damage.
May 1997HailCoggon-Numerous reports of hail damage.
June 1997HailCoggon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Paris3.9 miles15
Paris (historical)5.0 miles14
Central City5.3 miles15
Rogers6.3 miles15
Prairieburg6.4 miles14
Troy Mills8.1 miles10
Waubeek8.7 miles14
Jordans Grove8.8 miles14

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 CoggonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1923358The 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 455514. 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.