Gillett Grove, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gillett Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51341. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gillett Grove quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,306 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGillett Grove fell from 49 to 30 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 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 30 | -19 (-39%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gillett Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Iowa Great Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gillett Grove between 2011 and 2019, burning about 68 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 burning | 2 |
| 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 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 440TH ST. AND 310TH AVE, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gillett Grove: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gillett Grove in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett Grove | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a 30 foot by 70 foot hog house, and destroyed smaller farm buildings. The winds damaged the roof, siding, and windows of the house on the farm. The winds also caused tree and power line damage and flattened corn crops. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett Grove | - | Tree limbs down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gillett Grove | - | Trees down up to 2 feet in diameter. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | Hail was ping pong to golf ball size, lasting up to eight minutes. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Gillett Grove | - | A weak tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Gillett Grove | - | A small tornado was observed moving across a plowed field. |
| October 2002 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | Large hail covered the ground to a depth of two inches. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Gillett Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maclay (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Webb | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Greenville | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cornell | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dickens | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rossie | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Spencer | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Birchwood Estates | 11.5 miles | 8 |
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 Gillett Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1916187 | 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 465642. 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.



