BlockFredonia, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52738. It stands on Cedar River. The Survey maps it on the Columbus Junction quadrangle. 222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFredonia fell from 244 to 222 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 | 244 | |
| 2020 | 222 | -22 (-9%) |
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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Columbus Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fredonia: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Junction Underground Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fredonia Sand Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredonia in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flood | Fredonia | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream causing the Iowa River to rise above major flood stage levels. ||Wapello rose above its major flood stage level of 25.0 feet on September 29th, 2016 at approximately 12 AM CST. It crested around 27.2 feet at approximately 9 AM CST on September 30th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 2nd around 1 PM CST.||Major flooding continued into October. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | Section of two trees downed to the east and outbuilding door damage, along with a chimney toppled. Time estimated using radar data. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Fredonia | - | Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream|causing the Iowa River to rise above major flood stage levels. The Iowa River at |Wapello rose above its major flood stage level of 25.0 feet on September 29th, 2016 at approximately 12 AM CST. It crested around 27.2 feet at|approximately 9 AM CST on September 30th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 2nd around 1 PM CST. For damage information please see September Storm Data. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Junction | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hillsboro (historical) | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lafayette (historical) | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Columbus City | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Bard (historical) | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Letts | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cotter | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cairo | 7.0 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 Fredonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1933429 | 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 456753. 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.