Dumont, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pittsford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50625. The Survey maps it on the Dumont North quadrangle. 634 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDumont fell from 637 to 634 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 | 637 | |
| 2020 | 634 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Dumont North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Dumont: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Witte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kreymeyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumont in 34 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 18 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Dumont | $300,000 | Highway 3 covered by running water in various places between Hansell and Dumont in Butler County. Streams out of their banks and fields full of water. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Dumont | $250,000 | From Highway 3 north to the south half of town is flooding and evacuations are taking place. West Fork of the Cedar River flooding this area. Highway 3 is closed east and west of Dumont. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Dumont | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Flood | Dumont | $50,000 | Iowa DOT and local law enforcement reported flooding along Highway 3 in both directions in Dumont. The road was closed overnight and the flooding ended as the level of the Shell Rock River and Hargrave Creek near Dumont both started to fall. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Dumont | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $20,000 | Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in and around town. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dumont | $20,000 | Highway 3 and Birch road had water over the road. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Dumont | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dumont | $10,000 | Water was flowing over State Highway 3. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Dumont | $10,000 | Water over County Highway T16 south of Dumont. Likely due to flooding from Otter Creek. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Dumont | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dumont | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Dumont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Dumont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dumont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Dumont | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dumont | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | - | Trees down. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Dumont | - | Law enforcement report of quarter sized hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | - | Several trees down in town. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Dumont | - | Reported at intersection of IA HWY 3 and Evergreen Ave near Dumont. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | - | Public estimated winds at 50 to 60 mph with pea sized hail. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Dumont | - | Quarter sized hail was reported and picture on KWWL's Facebook page. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Dumont | - | Law enforcement reported dime to nickel sized hail just north of Dumont. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Dumont | - | Public reported quarter sized hail on the NE side of Dumont. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Dumont | - | Sheriff reported a few half dollar sized hail stones on Highway 3. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Dumont | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dumont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Aredale | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pilot Rock | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kesley | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wilmar | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Allison | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Butler Center | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Austinville | 11.5 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 Dumont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2247772 | 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 456055. 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.



