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Garwin, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Carlton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50632. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garwin quadrangle. 481 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Garwin within Tama County

Population over time

2 figures

Garwin fell from 527 to 481 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.

YearPeople Change
2010527
2020481-46 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Garwin between 2006 and 2017, burning about 70 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1235 HWY E-27, GARWIN, IA
27 June 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2013Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tama County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garwin: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fisher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Union Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tama County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garwin in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 6 hail, 4 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGarwin$750,000Many power lines and trees down in the area, including one 3.5 foot diameter tree. A grain bin was flattened and at least part of a roof was in the yard. Windows were blown out and siding was ripped from the house.
July 2000Flash FloodGarwin$50,000no account filed
April 2006HailGarwin$20,000no account filed
June 2000Tornado (F0)Garwin$10,000Brief touchdown
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGarwin$10,000no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindGarwin$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGarwin$10,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGarwin$5,000Semi was blown off of the road, reported by KWWL TV.
June 2008HailGarwin$5,000Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGarwin$5,000no account filed
April 2006HailGarwin$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailGarwin$3,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGarwin$2,000Powerline down and an out building destroyed. Time estimated by radar.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGarwin$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindGarwin$1,000no account filed
May 2024Heavy RainGarwin-Coop observer reported 24 hr heavy rainfall of 3.05 inches.
June 2021Funnel CloudGarwin-Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.
June 2020Heavy RainGarwin-Coop observer recorded 3.03 inches of rainfall over the last 24 hours.
June 2020Heavy RainGarwin-Public report of 6.31 inches of rain since midnight.
June 2020Heavy RainGarwin-Public weather station measured 2.34 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar. Rain ongoing at observation time.
May 2019Funnel CloudGarwin-Local fired department reported a funnel cloud.
May 2019HailGarwin-Trained spotter reported penny sized hail.
September 2018Heavy RainGarwin-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.71 inches over the last 24 hours. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST.
July 2016Funnel CloudGarwin-Public reported funnel cloud, photographed about half way to the ground. Delayed report and location estimated by boundary location on radar.
April 2012Heavy RainGarwin-Rainfall of 3.39 inches in 24 hours.
April 2009Heavy RainGarwin-Rainfall of 3.62 inches in past 24 hours.
May 2008Funnel CloudGarwin-A funnel cloud was sighted at 250th and Highway 63.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Garwin-Tornado touched down briefly in farm fields south of Garwin.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Garwin-Touchdown in open fields south of Garwin.
October 1998HailGarwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tama County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gladbrook6.8 miles10
Mesquakie Indian Settlement7.9 miles8
Montour8.0 miles8
Toledo8.6 miles8
Potter9.2 miles8
Tama10.2 miles8
Lincoln11.7 miles9
Gladstone13.0 miles8

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 GarwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q736894The 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 456857. 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.