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.
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
Coralville Public Schoollisted 1974
Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Churchlisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresCoralville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,907 | |
| 2020 | 22,318 | +3,411 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Iowa City West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Iowa City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sanders Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Showers Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stevens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conklin Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Klein Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Vogel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Lightning | Coralville | $515,000 | Sometime 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Coralville | $500,000 | The 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 2007 | Lightning | Coralville | $5,000 | Lightning 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | $5,000 | sign at Hy-Vee down; a few trees down blocking streets |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | $2,000 | Heavy rain for 8 minutes |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Winds estimated around 70 mph, with tree limbs down around 3 to 4 inches in diameter. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Coralville | - | A public report of street flooding. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Coralville | - | Dispatch Center reported knee depth water on 20th Avenue. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | EM relayed a report of a window blown out of a home, where rain spilled through the window and flooded the basement. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Reports of branches blown down throughout the county. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Coralville | - | Received a report from local media of penny sized hail. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Thunderstorms wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Coralville | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Coralville | - | Penny to nickel size hail; spotter also reported strong winds |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Coralville | - | 1 inch in the past hour. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Semi tractor trailer blown over. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Tree branches knocked down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | Numerous trees and branches blown down. |
| July 2002 | Flood | Coralville | - | Numerous intersections flooded with some vehicles stalled. |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Coralville | - | Two funnel clouds reported by public. |
| July 2000 | Flood | Coralville | - | Law enforcement reported minor street flooding. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Coralville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coralville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Coralville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Coralville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| University Heights | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Oakdale | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Iowa City | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Western Hills Mobine Estates | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tiffin | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| North Liberty | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Graham (historical) | 6.6 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 Coralville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1913878 | 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 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.








