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.
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
Coggon Public Schoollisted 2016- Coggon Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresCoggon 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 658 | |
| 2020 | 701 | +43 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Coggon quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bettenbender Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boddicker-Murray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Coggon | $500,000 | Heavy 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 2003 | Hail | Coggon | $200,000 | Numerous reports of nickel to 1.25 inch hail |
| June 1998 | Hail | Coggon | $14,000 | There were numerous reports of damage caused by the hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coggon | - | Tree, 12 inches in diameter, snapped off. Witnessed by spotter. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coggon | - | A large tree limb was blown down. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coggon | - | A tree was blown down on a house. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Coggon | - | The spotter also estimated winds at 55 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coggon | - | Two large metal grain bins downed by thunderstorm winds and blown across a field. A cattle and hay shed was also destroyed. |
| April 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Coggon | - | The fire department reported a possible funnel cloud seen during a lightning strike. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Coggon | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported with no damage observed. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Coggon | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in Coggon, IA at 647 pm April 5. The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Coggon | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell about 3 miles west of Coggon, IA at 507 pm. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Coggon | - | Fields flooded near Coggon. |
| July 2000 | Heavy Rain | Coggon | - | A NWS Spotter reported 1.18 inches of rain fell in a one-hour period. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Coggon | - | A tornado touched down briefly causing no injuries or damage. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Coggon | - | Numerous reports of hail damage. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Coggon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Paris (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Central City | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rogers | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Prairieburg | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Troy Mills | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Waubeek | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jordans Grove | 8.8 miles | 14 |
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 Coggon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1923358 | 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 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.






