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Geneva, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Geneva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50633. The Survey maps it on the Hampton South quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Geneva within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Geneva fell from 165 to 136 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
2010165
2020136-29 (-18%)

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

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Geneva in 2011, burning about 2 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/undetermined1

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
20 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesOLIVE AVE AND 110TH ST SOUTH OF HAMPTON, IA, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Geneva: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geneva QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Heitland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hibness QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
GenevaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GenevaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Geneva PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heuberger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Geneva$250,000This tornado began a few miles north of Geneva and moved northeast producing plenty of tree damage as well as extensive outbuilding damage on two farmsteads. Additional damage to a home with missing roofing and siding occurred along 170th Street west of Yarrow Avenue. The tornado continue producing tree and power pole damage to the northeast before lifting on the north side of 190th Street near the West Fork Wildlife Area.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGeneva$225,000Large tree limbs down throughout the city. Empty grain bin on the east side of the town blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGeneva$75,000no account filed
September 2016Flash FloodGeneva$50,000Law enforcement reported water flowing over Highway 65 south of 95th street in Franklin County.
July 2013HailGeneva$10,000Winds were estimated at 50 MPH as well.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGeneva$5,000Large trees were blown down by 60 MPH winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva$5,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva$5,000no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindGeneva$3,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGeneva$2,000Six to 7 inch diameter trees down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGeneva$1,000Six inch tree limbs were blown down on the highway.
June 2006HailGeneva$1,000no account filed
May 2019Funnel CloudGeneva-Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud that persisted for one minute then lifted. The spotter could not confirm if it had made contact with the ground due to darkness.
June 2018HailGeneva-Public reported nickel to quarter sized hail.
June 2017HailGeneva-Trained spotter reported 50 mph winds and quarter sized hail.
July 2013Heavy RainGeneva-Rainfall of 3.2 inches in a little over an hour at Geneva. No flooding.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Shingles were blown off houses, and power poles were leaning. Up to 8 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
June 2014HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2014HailGeneva-no account filed
March 2011HailGeneva-no account filed
March 2007HailGeneva-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Faulkner4.8 miles9
Hansell5.8 miles9
Hampton6.0 miles9
Bradford6.8 miles9
Reeve7.0 miles9
Washington9.0 miles9
Chapin12.0 miles9
Coulter13.4 miles9

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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1913481The 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 456868. 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.