Greeley, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52050. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle. 217 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,152 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGreeley fell from 256 to 217 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 | 256 | |
| 2020 | 217 | -39 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Greeley between 2009 and 2015, burning about 28 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2539 155TH STREET, EARLVILLE, IA, IOWA |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Greeley: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 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 | ||
| Harris Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kuhlman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oneida Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tibbott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greeley in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greeley | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down; grain bin off foundation |
| July 2009 | Hail | Greeley | $250 | Copious amounts of hail the size of a tennis ball fell about 3 miles northwest of Oneida, IA around 229 pm July 24. The hail cracked the windshield of a car. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greeley | - | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a tree down in Greeley. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greeley | - | House and roofs damaged in Greeley and Oneida. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greeley | - | Widespread corn flattened due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Greeley | - | Two separate reports of a funnel cloud north of Manchester. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Greeley | - | Hail the size of a golf ball fell in Greeley, IA around 228 pm July 24. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Greeley | - | Quarter sized hail reported by trained storm spotter. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Greeley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Greeley | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Greeley | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Greeley | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Greeley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greeley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dutchtown | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Thorpe | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral Siding (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Holy Cross | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| York | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Petersburg | 7.1 miles | 12 |
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 Greeley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q745412 | 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 457092. 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.






