Danbury, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51019. It stands on Koker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Danbury quadrangle. 320 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDanbury fell from 348 to 320 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 | 348 | |
| 2020 | 320 | -28 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Danbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Danbury between 2014 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Danbury: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danbury in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage. Numerous trees were blown down, including a 3 inch diameter tree snapped off at its base. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including large limbs blown down. One large limb fell onto and damaged a house. Power lines and poles were also blown down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Danbury | $20,000 | Large hail dented vehicles and cracked a few windows. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $10,000 | A roof was blown off a shed by thunderstorm winds. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Danbury | - | Quarter size hail was photographed between Danbury and Battle Creek. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danbury | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 4 to 5 inch diameter branches down. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Danbury | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Danbury | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Danbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oto | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Smithland | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Anthon | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lucky Valley (historical) | 15.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cushing | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Correctionville | 17.0 miles | 8 | |
| Holly Springs | 19.0 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 Danbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934143 | 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 455785. 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.




