Conrad, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50621. The Survey maps it on the Conrad East quadrangle. 1,093 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresConrad fell from 1,108 to 1,093 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 | 1,108 | |
| 2020 | 1,093 | -15 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1960 USGS Conrad East quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Conrad between 2009 and 2011, burning about 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | GRANT 28, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Conrad: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lamken Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conrad in 40 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 9 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Conrad | $150,000 | Most in open country. One barn hit and destroyed. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Conrad | $50,000 | Tornado was only on the ground briefly, but it did hit a house causing structural damage to it. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Conrad | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conrad | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Conrad | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Conrad | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Conrad | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $10,000 | Nickel size hail reported as well. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported tree damage around Conrad, as well as a couple power lines down. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | Trees of 18 inch diameter were snapped in Conrad. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Conrad | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $2,000 | A large tree snapped in half by high winds. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Conrad | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Conrad | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Conrad | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | Delayed report of branches downed around town along with one large older tree. Time estimated via radar. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.50 inches. |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Conrad | - | Marshall County sheriff received a public report of a very thin funnel cloud near Conrad. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Conrad | - | Public reported 1.3 inches of rain with localized street flooding in the town of Conrad. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Public weather station measured 2.07 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar. Rain ongoing at observation time. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | Public reported up to 65 mph wind gusts along with pea sized hail. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.14 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Conrad | - | Trained spotter reported dime to quarter sized hail from about 5:40 pm to 5:50 pm with winds gusting between 30 and 40 mph. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.05 inches. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Coop observer reported 1.75 inches of rain over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.20 inches event total. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 5.35 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Rainfall 1.97 inches. |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Conrad | - | Rainfall of 3.51 inches in past 24 hours. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Conrad | - | 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.
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 Conrad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q657633 | 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 455577. 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.




