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Hampton, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hampton City. It lies in ZIP code area 50441. The Survey maps it on the Hampton South quadrangle. 4,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.

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Hampton within Franklin County

On record in Hampton

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hampton fell from 4,461 to 4,337 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
20104,461
20204,337-124 (-3%)

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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hampton between 2006 and 2012, burning about 8 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 3 AND 122 SOUTH 1 MILE AND 1/4 MILE UNIT, IA
1 November 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
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 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hampton: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Geneva PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heuberger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 11 heavy rain, 4 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
June 1997Flash FloodHampton$200,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHampton$100,000Winds of 60 to 65 MPH produced widespread tree damage in the town of Hampton. Numerous trees and limbs were downed through town. Many location were without power due to branches falling on power lines.
June 1998FloodHampton$100,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHampton$60,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHampton$50,000Public reported traffic poles downed and roof damage. Reported via social media.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHampton$50,000Trained spotter reported power lines down along Highway 65 between Hampton and Sheffield. Also reported up to 12 inch diameter limbs down in Hampton.
June 1998FloodHampton$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodHampton$50,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHampton$40,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHampton$30,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHampton$30,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHampton$25,000Trained spotter reported power lines down in the city.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHampton$20,000High winds from a thunderstorms downed 14 trees, many uprooted.
July 2003HailHampton$20,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHampton$15,000Numerous tree limbs down. Road department had to clear the roads.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHampton$15,000no account filed
May 1996HailHampton$15,000no account filed
June 2014Flash FloodHampton$10,000At least 6 inches of water flowing cross portions of highway 3 in the Hampton area. flooding of farm fields approaching roads and highways.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000Numerous branches down.
June 2010FloodHampton$10,000Highway 65 was closed north of Hampton near 180th St. due to water over the road from Otter Creek.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000Tree damage was reported and corn was flattened on the west edge of Hampton near the fairgrounds.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000no account filed
August 2004HailHampton$10,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000Emergency manager reported three large trees down in town and estimate 60 mph winds.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000no account filed
August 2004HailHampton$5,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000no account filed
May 2003HailHampton$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHampton$5,000no account filed
May 2011HailHampton$3,000Quarter size hail was reported southeast of Hampton.
July 2003HailHampton$3,000no account filed
May 1999HailHampton$3,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHampton$2,000Public shared a picture of downed tree limbs, about 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and tents ripped apart. Wind gusts were estimated to be between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2003HailHampton$2,000no account filed
May 2017HailHampton$1,000Public reported half dollar sized hail along with tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter broken off.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHampton$1,000no account filed
July 2003HailHampton$1,000no account filed
May 1993HailHampton$500no account filed
April 2025HailHampton-Golf ball hail occurring throughout Hampton.
April 2025HailHampton-Picture of numerous hailstones close to golf ball sized. Occurred over several minutes.
April 2025HailHampton-Report via mping.
September 2025HailHampton-Delayed report from mping.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees and power lines down. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHampton-Public mping report of trees uprooted or snapped, roof damage.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-Hampton AWOS reported a gust of 63 knots.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-Hampton AWOS reported a gust of 63 knots.
June 2020Heavy RainHampton-Coop observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.70 inches.
June 2020Heavy RainHampton-Coop observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.70 inches.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHampton-Hampton Municipal Airport AWOS recorded an 88 mph wind gust.
August 2018Heavy RainHampton-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches over the last 24 hours.
June 2018Heavy RainHampton-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.07 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2018Heavy RainHampton-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.70 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2018Heavy RainHampton-Public reported heavy rainfall of 5.5 inches over the past 12 hours and 9.3 inches over the last 48 hours. They also reported basement flooding within their house.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHampton-Public reported 6 inch tree branches down and some dime to quarter sized hail, and was getting bigger at the time.
May 2017HailHampton-Public reported some hail slightly larger than quarters.
May 2017HailHampton-KLMJ/KQCR-FM radio in Hampton reported quarter sized hail.

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
Washington3.7 miles9
Hansell5.3 miles9
Reeve5.7 miles9
Geneva6.0 miles9
Chapin6.4 miles9
Bradford7.8 miles9
Coulter8.9 miles9
Latimer8.9 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 HamptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1922641The 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 457225. 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.