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Ellsworth, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50075. The Survey maps it on the Ellsworth quadrangle. 508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Ellsworth within Hamilton County

Population over time

2 figures

Ellsworth fell from 531 to 508 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
2010531
2020508-23 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ellsworth between 2009 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 2017Natural1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCENTER OF SECTION 4, LYON TWP, IA
3 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 November 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ellsworth: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
I H KnudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mortveidt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
StorglandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellsworth in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 3 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
April 1999Thunderstorm WindEllsworth4 hurt, $20,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Ellsworth$80,000Trained spotter reported damage on both sides of Interstate 35 in conjunction with this tornado. The tornado also tossed over 2 semis that were on the interstate. A hog confinement building was partially destroyed providing the EF1 damage.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Ellsworth$75,000Tornado moved from Story County and across southeast Hamilton County, then into Hardin County.
March 2008FloodEllsworth$50,000Water was 3 feet deep with a wash out on 400th Street, at the intersection of 400th Street and Vail Ave. in southern Hamilton County. The shoulder was completely washed out as well.
September 2000HailEllsworth$50,000no account filed
September 2000HailEllsworth$40,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$35,000no account filed
August 2015Flash FloodEllsworth$10,000Trained spotter reported floodwaters from Long Dick Creek are 6 inches deep and flowing on 340th street 1/4 mile west of Xircus Ave.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$10,000Trees and limbs blown down on to homes.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$10,000Large trees down and power pole snapped. Winds lasted 5 minutes.
August 2009HailEllsworth$10,000Windshield broken by hail.
July 1995HailEllsworth$10,000A weak cold front moved southeast across Iowa. The air mass was quite unstable, but at the same time capped by warm temperatures aloft. The freezing level was around 14,300 MSL. One cell was able to develop over north central Iowa. It moved southeast across Franklin, Wright, and Hamilton Counties. The storm became severe and produced hail up to golf ball and slightly larger in size. Reports indicated the hail covered the ground in a few areas. One area was the area north of Jewell. Hail of golf ball size fell north of Ellsworth, breaking out the window in one house. A window was also broken out of a state police car as well. The damage to crops was serious. A survey of the area revealed an area about 12 miles long and two to three miles wide from east of Webster City south to near Ellsworth suffered substantial damage. About one quarter of the crop was destroyed with damage well in excess of $1 million. The WSR 88D pictures indicated a strong circulation in the cell. About that time a funnel cloud was reported southeast of Rowan in Wright County. Later as the storm passed through Hamilton County, another funnel cloud was observed near Blairsburg. The thunderstorm collapsed about as quickly as it formed. It dissipated over Story County.
May 2004HailEllsworth$5,000no account filed
May 1995HailEllsworth$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailEllsworth$3,000no account filed
April 2007HailEllsworth$3,000no account filed
April 2006HailEllsworth$3,000no account filed
May 2004HailEllsworth$3,000no account filed
September 2000HailEllsworth$3,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Delayed report of semis tipped over on I-35 near mile marker 139, along with power line damage. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Estimated winds of 50-60 mph and pea sized hail. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
July 2021Funnel CloudEllsworth-Funnel cloud reported east of I-35, west of Radcliffe.
May 2019Funnel CloudEllsworth-Local fire deparment reported a funnel cloud seen near the Hamilton/Hardin county line.
June 2018Heavy RainEllsworth-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 1.90 inches since 7 am this morning.
May 2017HailEllsworth-Public reported quarter sized hail.
July 2017Funnel CloudEllsworth-Public shared images of a funnel cloud near Radcliffe off of Interstate 35.
August 2015Heavy RainEllsworth-City of Ames alert station reported heavy rainfall of 5.00 inches since 5am.
August 2015Heavy RainEllsworth-Trained spotter reported 1.5 inches of rainfall in the past 2 hours with visibility less than 1/4 mile due to heavy rain.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Broad wind field, especially on south side of miso-vortex. Produced minor crop damage along its path. Damage was found and documented using high resolutions satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Wind gusts of 60 MPH were reported.
June 2013Funnel CloudEllsworth-Observed by motorist on Interstate 35 at mile marker 133. Funnel was moving north.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Ellsworth-Tornado touched down briefly in open fields west of Ellsworth.
June 2014HailEllsworth-no account filed
April 2013HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2007Funnel CloudEllsworth-no account filed
May 2004HailEllsworth-no account filed
September 2003HailEllsworth-no account filed
April 2002HailEllsworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Jewell3.3 miles9
Randall5.3 miles15
Kamrar9.7 miles9
Rosedale10.1 miles15
Stanhope11.6 miles9
Blairsburg12.0 miles9
Williams12.2 miles9
Remicker (historical)13.1 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 EllsworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q972728The 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 456324. 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.