Colesburg, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52035. The Survey maps it on the Colesburg quadrangle. 386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColesburg fell from 404 to 386 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 | 404 | |
| 2020 | 386 | -18 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Colesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Colesburg between 2006 and 2009, burning about 25 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Colesburg: 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hintz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Colesburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tibbott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
22 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colesburg in 22 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | The county emergency manager reported a local wind sensor measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | The Fire Department reported that a 1 foot diameter branch from a 40 year old maple tree was broken off. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | The Fire Department reported that a steel roof was blown off of a building across the the street from the Fire Station. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | Wind speed reported by the Fire Department and relayed by the Emergency manager. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Nickel size hail was observed in Colesburg. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at 65 mph 2 miles west of Colesburg. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Colesburg | - | Heavy rains resulted in some flash flooding of County Road X47 just south of Colesburg, IA during the evening of June 8. The road was impassible due to the amount of water over it. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell in Colesburg, IA at 835 pm July 10. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Quarter sized hail reported by trained storm spotter. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Quarter sized hail reported by emergency management. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Colesburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Petersburg | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Greeley | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral Siding (historical) | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oneida | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Earlville | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dutchtown | 12.6 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 Colesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1834711 | 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 455526. 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.






