Coin, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 51636. The Survey maps it on the Coin quadrangle. 176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 991 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCoin fell from 193 to 176 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 | 193 | |
| 2020 | 176 | -17 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Coin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Coin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Coin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coin in 2020, burning about 30 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coin in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Coin | - | Two spotter reports confirmed a funnel with rotating dust at ground level with minor tree damage at one location. The track was mainly over open fields. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coin | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph and at least one inch hail caused extensive damage in a swath from Shambaugh through College Springs, Coin and into the Braddyville area. Numerous north or east facing windows and siding across these areas were broken out or damaged, power lines and trees were downed and crop damage was extensive. More than 80 power poles were snapped from Highway 2 to south of Coin, and the downed poles and lines essentially closed off the south or east routes in or out of town. Some residents claimed it was the worst storm that they had ever witnessed. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Coin | - | Hail at least 1 inch in diameter was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph. The wind driven hail caused extensive damage in a swath from Shambaugh through College Springs and into the Braddyville area. Numerous north or east facing windows and siding were broken out or damaged, power lines and trees were downed and crop damage was extensive. More than 80 power poles were snapped from Highway 2 to south of Coin. Some residents claimed it was the worst storm they had ever witnessed. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Coin | - | The hail was accompanied by torrential rain and wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Coin | - | This tornado first touched down around 2 miles east of Coin and tracked 7 miles before lifting just northwest of Shambaugh. The tornado reached it's maximum intensity of f2 north of College Springs where a farmstead sustained serious damage. The roof of a house at this farmstead was removed and siding was damaged, a hay barn was flattened, grain bins were crushed and the roof of a silo and other nearby outbuildings were destroyed. Other farmsteads received damage to outbuildings and the crop and tree damage path at times widened to 3/4 of a mile. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Coin | - | A small weak tornado caused some tree and crop damage west of Coin for about 2 miles before lifting. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coin | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph broke large tree limbs near Coin. The winds were accompanied by 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Coin | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Coin | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Coin | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Coin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willsburg (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Northboro | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Blanchard | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Tarkio City (historical) | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Norwich | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| College Springs | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bingham | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Page Center | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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 Coin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q586712 | 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 455516. 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.
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.







