Dana, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Junction Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50064. The Survey maps it on the Grand Junction quadrangle. 38 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDana fell from 71 to 38 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 | 71 | |
| 2020 | 38 | -33 (-46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dana between 2008 and 2011, burning about 42 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 | 3 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1007 V AVE, IA |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dana: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bituminous. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Brick and Tile Works | Clay, Bituminous | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pound Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Lake St Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dana in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Hail | Dana | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana | $10,000 | Large trees were downed in Dana. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana | $5,000 | Winds were estimated 60 to 65 MPH. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Dana | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dana | $1,000 | KCCI television relayed a report from the public of nickel size hail in Dana. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dana | - | Public mping report of penny sized hail. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Dana | - | Report via Raccoon Valley Radio. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Dana | - | Event total of 6.20 inches. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana | - | Tree damage at Spring Lake Park with some vehicles and campers stuck under trees. Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Dana | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 1.50 inches over the last 30 minutes via an electronic gauge. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Dana | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Paton | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Grand Junction | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jefferson | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Winkelmans | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Farlin | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rippey | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Churdan | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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 Dana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1933914 | 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 455784. 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.






