Fremont, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52561. The Survey maps it on the Fremont quadrangle. 708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFremont fell from 743 to 708 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 | 743 | |
| 2020 | 708 | -35 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa North quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fremont between 2012 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | TAMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Fremont: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Upton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $25,000 | A large shed was demolished with the tin blown 3 blocks. The front porch on a house was destroyed. There was also other tree damage reported in the area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Fremont | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $2,000 | Numerous large tree branches down. Power lines down on the east side of Highway 23. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Fremont | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Fremont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Exeelsior (historical) | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Tioga | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Keomah Village | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Rose Hill | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| University Park | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Givin | 12.1 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 Fremont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q778335 | 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 456761. 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.






