Floyd, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Floyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50435. It stands on Stewart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Floyd quadrangle. 313 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFloyd fell from 335 to 313 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 | 335 | |
| 2020 | 313 | -22 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 2006 and 2015, burning about 33 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 | 9 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1500 QUAIL AVE, FLOYD, IA |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 October 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Floyd: 12 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nims Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Towner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Warnholtz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Floyd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Coste Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lent Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floyd in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $50,000 | A semi-truck and trailer were blown over at a truck stop in Floyd. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Floyd | $22,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Floyd | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Floyd | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Floyd | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Floyd | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Flood | Floyd | $1,000 | Runoff from heavy rains pushed a small creek out of its banks southwest of Floyd. Lancer Avenue had to be closed between 170th and 180th Streets because of the flooding. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $1,000 | Several large tree branches were blown down in Floyd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | The public reported a third of a large willow tree blown down in Floyd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | Local broadcast media relayed a photo of a fallen large tree in Floyd. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | An estimated 75 mph wind gust occurred in Floyd. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | An estimated 80 mph wind gust occurred west of Floyd. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Floyd | - | Quarter sized hail fell northwest of the town of Floyd. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Floyd | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Floyd. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Floyd | - | Up to quarter sized hail fell in Floyd. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Floyd | - | Near Floyd, 3.85 inches of rain fell. |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Floyd | - | A vehicle became stranded in flood waters on a U.S. Highway 218 bridge over the Cedar River in Floyd. All the occupants were safely rescued by emergency personnel. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Floyd | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Floyd | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Floyd | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Floyd | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Crossing | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Howardville | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Charles City | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Doubleday (historical) | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Nilesville | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Colwell | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Carney (historical) | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Oakwood | 8.5 miles | 7 |
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 Floyd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1932698 | 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 456646. 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.




