Fayette, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fayette City. It lies in ZIP code area 52142. It stands on Alexander Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle. 1,256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
On record in Fayette
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 3 records
College Halllisted 1976
Twin Bridgelisted 1998- Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Depotlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresFayette fell from 1,338 to 1,256 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 | 1,338 | |
| 2020 | 1,256 | -82 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fayette quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Fayette between 2007 and 2010, burning about 77 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/undetermined | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | (DEB OPPERMAN) 10389 130TH ST., FAYETTE, I |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fayette: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vogts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ashby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fayette-Templeton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yearous Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 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 1994 | Hail | Fayette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $25,000 | Trees were blown down and roofs were blown off buildings in the central part of Fayette County. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $10,000 | Trees were uprooted and some property damage was reported on the Upper Iowa University campus in Fayette. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Fayette | $10,000 | Large hail was reported along Highway 150. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Fayette | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Fayette | $3,500 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Fayette | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $2,000 | A shed was rolled over in Fayette. |
| March 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Fayette | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Fayette. This was likely the remnants of the Maynard tornado. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Fayette | - | Near Fayette, 7.67 inches of rain fell. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Fayette | - | Quarter to walnut sized hail fell in the city of Fayette. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Fayette | - | The COOP observer near Fayette reported 2.04 inches of rain. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Fayette | - | The COOP observer in Fayette reported a total of 4.43 inches of rain at 6 a.m. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Fayette | - | Water six to eight inches deep covered some streets in Fayette. The thunderstorms dumped 2.76 inches of rain in a very short time to produce the flooding. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Fayette | - | Very heavy rain also occurred. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Fayette | - | 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.
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 Fayette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1933160 | 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 456562. 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.






