BlockDakota City, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dakota City City. It lies in ZIP code area 50529. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt quadrangle. 759 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.
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On record in Dakota City
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
Corydon Brown Houselisted 1978
Humboldt County Court Houselisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresDakota City fell from 843 to 759 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 | 843 | |
| 2020 | 759 | -84 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1923 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Dakota City: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Humboldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Gotch State Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 67 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dakota City in 67 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 17 flood, 16 hail, 10 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Lightning | Dakota City | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $200,000 | Local law enforcement reports large limbs down across Humboldt County as well as large trees broken and uprooted near the county fairgrounds. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.58 feet on 25 May 2019 at 23:30 UTC. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.36 feet on 2 May 2019 at 06:15 UTC. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.72 feet on 26 April 2018 at 10:15 UTC. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested twice through the period of flooding. The river remained in flood into July. The first crest was at 12.35 feet on 24 June 2018 at 23:30 UTC, and the second one was at 12.64 feet on 28 June 2018 at 16:15 UTC. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt went into flood in late June and remained in flood through much of July. The river crested 3 times in July. The first crest at 12.83 feet on 1 July 2018 at 18:15Z, the second crest at 13.5 feet on 7 July 2018 at 02:15 UTC, and the third crest at 12.04 feet on 15 July 2018 at 08:15 UTC. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | $100,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 12.83 feet on 23 September 2018 at 0400 UTC. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $100,000 | Humboldt County sheriff reported 70 to 80 MPH winds in town. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Dakota City | $88,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines at Humboldt crested at 16.99 ft on June 27 at 02:15 am CDT. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into July. Preliminary information indicates this is the new flood of record for the point. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | $50,000 | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.11 ft on 12 October 2018 at 17:00 UTC. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported lots of large trees down, a mobile home moved from its foundation, tree limbs blown through a porch, grain bin blown over, power poles blown over, and large tree limbs down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $50,000 | Several trees and large limbs down across Humboldt. One tree fell onto a house. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $50,000 | A tourist building was damaged in town from the gusty winds. |
| June 1998 | Flood | Dakota City | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $30,000 | Emergency Manager reported widespread trees and power lines down within the city. Time radar estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $25,000 | Trained spotter estimated wind of 70 MPH. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Dakota City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $10,000 | Large 100 year old 3 foot diameter tree blown over. Other smaller trees were also blown over. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down on a house. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $10,000 | Winds were still increasing at the time of this report. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $5,000 | At least five trees eight inches in diameter were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported wind gusts estimated at 60 to 75 MPH along with a large dust cloud near a thunderstorm. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dakota City | $2,000 | Public reported up to 2 inch sized hail. Report relayed by media on twitter. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dakota City | $1,000 | Public reported between quarter and golf ball sized hail. Report via social media. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Report via mping, time adjusted based on radar. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Report of trees and branches down across town, via social media. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Delayed social media report of leaning power poles east of Humboldt on Hwy 3. Time of occurrence estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt remained in flood from a peak crest in June 2024. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Tree branch roughly 6 inches in diameter broken off. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Trained spotter reported a large tree down, accompanied by dime sized hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Social media report of hail shredding corn crop. Time estimated via radar and post description. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dakota City | - | Trained spotter report of 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail with small limbs down. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Broadcast media relayed report of half dollar sized hail. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.31 feet on 29 April 2019 at 22:30 UTC. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested five times during the period of flood. The first three crests were likely due to ice jams, with the remaining two due to snowmelt and heavy rain. The river remained in flood into April. The first crest was 10.63 feet on 17 March 2019 at 03:30 UTC, the second crest was 12.50 feet on 17 March 2019 at 22:15 UTC, the third crest was 13.06 feet on 19 March 2019 at 11:00 UTC, the fourth crest was 14.6 feet on 20 March 2019 at 15:30 UTC, and the fifth crest was 13.79 feet on 29 March 2019 at 01:45 UTC. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt lingered in flood from the month of March. There were two crests during the first flood period in April. After the second crest the river continued to fall and went out of flood during the overnight hours of 21 April into 22 April 2019. The river point at Humboldt went back into flood on the 24th of April. This flood period will be listed in a separate episode later in the month. The first crest during the first flood period in April was 11.5 feet on 7 April 2019 at 18:30 UTC and the second crest during the first flood period in April was 11.05 feet on 14 April 2019 at 20:45 UTC. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 11.88 feet on 3 June 2019 at 23:30 UTC. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.45 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.49 feet on 11 May 2019 at 00:45 UTC. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 10.63 feet on 16 May 2018 at 08:30 UTC. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Dakota City | - | The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Humboldt crested at 11.3 feet on 5 May 2018 at 10:30 UTC. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.28 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Public reported dime to penny sized hail. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.27 inches over the last 24 hours. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.63 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.08 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Report via social media. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Public reported pea to quarter sized hail for about 5 minutes. Delayed report. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | Rainfall of 2.30 for the 24 hour period ending at 6 AM. End time is based on Radar and relayed by KCCI TV. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Dakota City | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.96 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Quarter size hail was reported by a driver driving north on P56 from C48 to C44 from around 2226 CST to 2233. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dakota City | - | Pea to nickel size hail. |
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 Dakota City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1898011 | 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 1690853. 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.
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.