BlockFerguson, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greencastle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50078. It stands on South Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilman quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFerguson fell from 126 to 97 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 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 97 | -29 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ferguson: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferguson Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ferguson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Timber Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ferguson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Ferguson | - | Delayed report from mping. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Ferguson | - | Several roads closed due to water over the roads. Several bridges impassable and a couple landslides due to the flooding. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Delayed report of a large, healthy tree snapped at the trunk near Ferguson. Estimated sized was 2.5 feet in diameter. Report via social media. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ferguson | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.50 inches. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. Actual estimated start time of 8pm CDT on June 30th. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Ferguson | - | Tornado touched down in fields between Ferguson and Collins. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ferguson | - | 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 Ferguson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1932599 | 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 456573. 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.