Elberon, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52225. The Survey maps it on the Elberon quadrangle. 184 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElberon fell from 196 to 184 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 | 196 | |
| 2020 | 184 | -12 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Elberon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Elberon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 482 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | KOSZTA RIVER BRIDGE |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2810 330TH ST., IA |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1/2 MILE NORTH 3235 310TH ST. ELBERON, IA, IA |
| 16 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | ELBERON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elberon in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flood | Elberon | $10,000 | Highway E44 reportedly had water over the road from Wolf Creek. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Elberon | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Elberon | - | DCP along Salt Creek recorded 3.11 inches of rainfall over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elberon | - | Public report of grain bins blown in and severely damaged. Widespread crop damage across Tama county. Time estimated. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elberon | - | Public report of grain bins blown in and severely damaged. Widespread crop damage across Tama county. Time estimated. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Elberon | - | Brief touchdown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redman (historical) | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Vining | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Clutier | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chelsea | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Long Point | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gladstone | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Helena | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dysart | 11.4 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 Elberon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q653084 | 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 456261. 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.
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.



