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Greenfield, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50849. The Survey maps it on the Greenfield quadrangle. 2,062 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.

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Greenfield within Adair County

On record in Greenfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Greenfield grew from 1,982 to 2,062 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
20101,982
20202,062+80 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 2009 and 2020, burning about 46 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 burning2
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
3 May 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Storms near this place

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 78 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 36 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 13 heavy rain, 3 tornado. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Greenfield$750,000Emergency management recorded a path of damage from just east of Greenfield to just shy of the Adair/Madison County line north of 140th Street. The initial portion of this tornado was observed via the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) and was extended farther southwest accordingly. This tornado impacted farmsteads with damage to outbuildings and tree groves. Toward the end of the path, a large industrial wind mill was blown over southeast of the intersection of 150th street and Walnut Avenue. EF2 damage was then done with complete destruction of an outbuilding along York Avenue along with shredding of trees. The tornado then quickly weakened and dissipated as it approached the county line.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$150,000Trained spotter reported a machine shed destroyed, a grain bin severely damaged, and multiple trees down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$100,000Emergency manager reported that within the towns of Greenfield and Fontanelle 8 to 10 inch diameter trees, branches, and fences down. A greenhouse was blown over at the Shopko in Greenfield. Time estimated from radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$100,000Emergency manager reported significant wind damage in Adair County near Greenfield. Multiple trees reported down and home damage about 3 miles south of Greenfield, and a radio tower on the hospital down.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$100,000Damage to several trees, along with roof damage to a building.
May 1996Flash FloodGreenfield$75,000no account filed
May 2004Tornado (F1)Greenfield$50,000Tornado touched down southwest of the town of Stuart and tracked northeast through mostly open countryside. The tornado did lift occasionally.
June 2007Flash FloodGreenfield$50,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodGreenfield$50,000no account filed
March 2019Heavy RainGreenfield$40,000A heated horse barn near the town of Greenfield experienced a partial roof collapse due to the snow and rainfall absorbed into the snow putting too much weight on the that part of the roof. Minor injuries to a couple of horses were reported.
September 2002HailGreenfield$40,000no account filed
July 1999HailGreenfield$30,000no account filed
July 1998FloodGreenfield$30,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$30,000no account filed
March 2011HailGreenfield$25,000Vehicle damage reported along with some roof damage.
May 2001HailGreenfield$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$25,000no account filed
May 2001HailGreenfield$20,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$15,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$15,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$10,000no account filed
July 2003HailGreenfield$10,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$10,000no account filed
May 2001HailGreenfield$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$10,000no account filed
May 1995HailGreenfield$10,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000Local fire department in Greenfield estimated up to 70 mph winds, causing numerous tree branches down and blocking some streets.
August 2015HailGreenfield$5,000Trained spotter reported brief quarter size hail in Greenfield.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000A few trees were blown down around town as well as large branches broken.
May 2006HailGreenfield$5,000no account filed
May 2006HailGreenfield$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailGreenfield$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000no account filed
May 2003HailGreenfield$5,000no account filed
April 1994HailGreenfield$5,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$5,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$3,000Damage to trees reported across much of the city.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$3,000Tree limbs down, 10 inches in diameter.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$3,000no account filed
May 2006HailGreenfield$2,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$2,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$2,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$2,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$2,000no account filed
May 1997HailGreenfield$2,000no account filed
May 2000Tornado (F0)Greenfield$1,000Brief touchdown
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$1,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenfield$1,000no account filed
April 1999HailGreenfield$1,000no account filed
May 1998HailGreenfield$1,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGreenfield-Wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph, along with dime-sized hail.
July 2021Heavy RainGreenfield-A 24 hour rain total of 3.00 inches.

Every storm recorded in Adair 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
Lemont (historical)1.9 miles10
Prussia5.3 miles9
Fontanelle5.4 miles9
Rosserdale7.2 miles10
Orient7.5 miles9
Fisk8.0 miles9
Howe8.1 miles10
Arbor Hill8.7 miles10

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 GreenfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1911143The 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 457121. 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.

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.