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Eagle Grove, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eagle Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50533. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Grove quadrangle. 3,601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

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Eagle Grove within Wright County

On record in Eagle Grove

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Eagle Grove grew from 3,583 to 3,601 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,583
20203,601+18 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Grove between 2008 and 2010, burning about 46 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/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1686 285TH STREET, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Grove: 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Grove in 60 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 11 heavy rain, 5 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$50,000Trained spotter reported several large trees down, either split in half or completely toppled over, throughout the town of Eagle Grove. One large tree fell on a house along West Broadway, along with several trees covering the street near the intersection of West Broadway and Fort.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$50,000Trained spotter reported numerous large trees down including a one to two foot diameter tree on a house.
June 2008Flash FloodEagle Grove$50,000Water up to houses and flowing into basements.
May 2004Flash FloodEagle Grove$50,000no account filed
June 2002HailEagle Grove$50,000no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F1)Eagle Grove$50,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$40,000Multiple locations in SW Wright County sustained light to moderate tree damage. Light roof damage to several farm houses.
August 2007Flash FloodEagle Grove$30,000Law Enforcement reported basement flooding in two residences. The occupants were rescued from a stalled car in 3 feet of water at Lucas and northeast 2nd Street. One to two feet of water was reported at the 700 block of north Iowa Ave in Eagle Grove. Street flooding was reported and street barricades were placed.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$30,000no account filed
September 2000HailEagle Grove$25,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$15,000Numerous trees were downed with several uprooted. Numerous reports of a funnel cloud in the area.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$15,000no account filed
June 1997HailEagle Grove$15,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000Trained spotter reported tree damage and one power line down outside of town.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000Trees and power line damage in Eagle Grove.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000Trees and power lines down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000High winds downed large trees.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000no account filed
May 2006HailEagle Grove$10,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$10,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$5,000Trained spotter reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$5,000Large tree limb 2 feet in diameter snapped off and fell on two cars.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$5,000Tree damage reported.
August 2007HailEagle Grove$5,000Hail the size of quarters fell in the town of Eagle Grove.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$5,000no account filed
May 1999HailEagle Grove$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailEagle Grove$3,000no account filed
September 2000HailEagle Grove$3,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$2,000Law Enforcement reported several trees down around town. Time radar estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$2,000Law Enforcement reported downed trees and debris blocking roadway IA 17. Time radar estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$2,000Six to 8 inch diameter limbs down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$2,000Measured by a schoolnet site.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove$2,000Schoolnet site.
April 2006HailEagle Grove$2,000no account filed
July 2024HailEagle Grove-Report via social media of 1-inch hail.
July 2024Flash FloodEagle Grove-Report of water over the road on Highway 17 near Eagle Grove. Local city roads in Eagle Grove as well as Clarion are reportedly flooded. Time of occurrence estimated.
July 2024HailEagle Grove-Via WHO-TV of 1.5-inch hail in Eagle Grove. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
July 2024Flash FloodEagle Grove-Highway 17 just south of Eagle Grove with an estimated 3 feet of water depth based on water up to the grill of a sheriff truck.
July 2024Heavy RainEagle Grove-Personal weather station report of 5.21 inches, which is the 24 hour rainfall ending at midnight CDT. Recorded 3 inches of this rain in less than an hour.
July 2024Heavy RainEagle Grove-CoCoRaHS report of 4.25 inches of rainfall 0.7 west of Eagle Grove.
July 2024Heavy RainEagle Grove-CoCoRaHS rainfall report of 4.28 inches of rainfall 1.3 WSW of Eagle Grove.
July 2021Heavy RainEagle Grove-A 24 hour rainfall report of 2.07 inches.
August 2019Heavy RainEagle Grove-Public reported heavy rainfall of 4.5 inches. Beginning and end times estimated from radar.
August 2018Heavy RainEagle Grove-Public reported heavy rainfall of 4.50 inches from the multiple rounds of rainfall.
August 2018Heavy RainEagle Grove-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 5.10 inches.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Eagle Grove-Tornado formed in rural Wright County east of Eagle Grove and moved northeast through open crop land.
September 2018Heavy RainEagle Grove-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.01 over the last 24 hours.
September 2018Heavy RainEagle Grove-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.65 inches over the last 24 hours.
May 2017HailEagle Grove-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove-Trained spotter reported peak winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
August 2016Heavy RainEagle Grove-Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.51 inches.
August 2015Heavy RainEagle Grove-Public reported heavy rainfall of 5.50 inches today.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove-Several tree limbs down, mostly 4 inches in diameter with a few larger.
July 2011Funnel CloudEagle Grove-Trained spotter reported a skinny funnel cloud 3 miles east of Eagle Grove.
June 2010Funnel CloudEagle Grove-Large funnel cloud.
April 2024HailEagle Grove-no account filed
May 2011HailEagle Grove-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEagle Grove-no account filed
June 2000HailEagle Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Nuel (historical)4.1 miles9
Goldfield5.0 miles9
Florence5.3 miles9
Holmes6.4 miles9
Woolstock7.5 miles9
Clarion10.2 miles9
Morhain12.2 miles9
Drew (historical)13.7 miles9

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 Eagle GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1180980The 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 456091. 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.