Guthrie Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50115. It stands on Mason Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guthrie Center West quadrangle. 1,593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
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On record in Guthrie Center
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresGuthrie Center grew from 1,569 to 1,593 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 | 1,569 | |
| 2020 | 1,593 | +24 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Guthrie Center West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Guthrie Center: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 88 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guthrie Center in 88 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 41 hail, 19 heavy rain, 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Guthrie Center | $100,000 | The south Raccoon River was out of its banks with flooding in the city. Sandbagging started near the water plant, city wells, pools, and municipal gas facilities. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Guthrie Center | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Guthrie Center | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Guthrie Center | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported that numerous county roads were under water. |
| July 1998 | Flood | Guthrie Center | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Guthrie Center | $25,000 | Water reported over Highway 25 in Guthrie Center. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Guthrie Center | $25,000 | Water was over Highway 25 just south of Guthrie Center. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $25,000 | Power was out with numerous tree limbs down, one was 18 inches in diameter. A swing set was picked up and rolled across the yard. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | Roof blown off apartment building in Guthrie Center. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | Trained spotter reported large trees snapped around 2 to 3 feet in diameter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | Emergency Manager reported several large trees down. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | Basement flooding between 2320 and 0450 CDT. Rainfall 6.72 inches. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Guthrie Center | $15,000 | Five inches of rain fell since 0800 CST with water coming into the basement on all 4 sides. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | Water reported over many roads in town. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | Numerous tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter down with power out in part of the city. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flood | Guthrie Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | Downed trees and branches across much of the city. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | Emergency Manager reported 1 to 2 inch hail. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported 1.75 inch hail at his home. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | Twelve to fourteen inch diameter ash trees blown down. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | Tree damage was reported with 10 to 12 inch limbs down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | High winds downed trees, power poles, and lines in Guthrie Center. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $2,000 | Quarter size hail and heavy rain reported. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | Spotter estimated 60 MPH winds. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | A few nickel sized hail stones with the rest dime and pea size. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | Nickel size hail reported at a gas station in Guthrie Center. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Guthrie Center | $1,000 | 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.
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 Guthrie Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1913499 | 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 457185. 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.
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.






