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Coralville, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in West Lucas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52241. It stands on Cardinal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City West quadrangle. 22,318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Coralville within Johnson County

On record in Coralville

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

Coralville grew from 18,907 to 22,318 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
201018,907
202022,318+3,411 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Coralville between 2006 and 2015, burning about 56 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2

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
19 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2015Smoking5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2015Smoking1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coralville: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Hutchinson QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Sanders QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, FlagstonePast Producer
Showers SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stevens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Conklin Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Klein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Vogel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coralville in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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
April 2006LightningCoralville$515,000Sometime between 1900 and 1930 CST lightning struck a brand new home in Coralville. The resultant fire destroyed the home and strong winds allowed the flames to spread onto a house nearing completion next door.
June 2008Flash FloodCoralville$500,000The Crandic Railroad embankment along the Iowa River in Coralville, IA failed around 9:01 pm June 12. Flash flooding resulted in sections of Coralville, IA along 1st Avenue and Highway 6.
August 2007LightningCoralville$5,000Lightning struck a house in Coralville, IA during the late morning hours of August 23rd. Time estimated. Firefighters responded at 11:30 am and had the fire under control by 11:45 am. Fire and smoke damage was confined to the lower level of the home.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCoralville$5,000sign at Hy-Vee down; a few trees down blocking streets
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCoralville$2,000Heavy rain for 8 minutes
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Winds estimated around 70 mph, with tree limbs down around 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
July 2024Flash FloodCoralville-A public report of street flooding.
July 2024Flash FloodCoralville-Dispatch Center reported knee depth water on 20th Avenue. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCoralville-EM relayed a report of a window blown out of a home, where rain spilled through the window and flooded the basement.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Reports of branches blown down throughout the county.
May 2018HailCoralville-Received a report from local media of penny sized hail.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Thunderstorms wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down a 6 inch diameter tree near the Scottsdale Apartment complex in Coralville, IA around 900 pm July 24.
June 2008Flash FloodCoralville-Heavy rains of 1 to 2.5 inches in a short amount of time resulted in flash flooding of some streets near the intersection of Melrose Ave. and Mormon Trek Blvd. in Iowa City. The location in question is a low spot in the road that is prone to flooding. This report was relayed by a trained spotter.
April 2006HailCoralville-Penny to nickel size hail; spotter also reported strong winds
May 2004Heavy RainCoralville-1 inch in the past hour.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Semi tractor trailer blown over.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Tree branches knocked down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Numerous trees and branches blown down.
July 2002FloodCoralville-Numerous intersections flooded with some vehicles stalled.
May 2001Funnel CloudCoralville-Two funnel clouds reported by public.
July 2000FloodCoralville-Law enforcement reported minor street flooding.
May 2024HailCoralville-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-no account filed
June 1998HailCoralville-no account filed
May 1997HailCoralville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Vernon1.3 miles19
University Heights1.9 miles19
Oakdale2.4 miles19
Iowa City2.9 miles19
Western Hills Mobine Estates3.3 miles17
Tiffin4.8 miles17
North Liberty5.1 miles19
Graham (historical)6.6 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 CoralvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1913878The 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 455624. 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.