Hedrick, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52563. The Survey maps it on the Hedrick quadrangle. 728 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHedrick fell from 764 to 728 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 | 764 | |
| 2020 | 728 | -36 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa North quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hedrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hedrick between 2011 and 2017, burning about 15 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 165TH ST., IA |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Hedrick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hedrick in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | $5,000 | Winds estimated to be 70 mph destroyed a gazebo and blew down numerous trees in Hedrick, IA. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | A public report of damage to a farmstead. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | Law Enforcement reported tree limbs weer knocked down and took out powerlines. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | Law Enforcement estimated thunderstorm winds of at least 70 MPH. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hedrick | - | A few quarter sized to slightly larger hailstones fell in Hedrick, IA around 253 pm CDT May 11. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hedrick | - | Pea to nickel size hail fell for about 8 minutes in Hedrick, IA the afternoon of May 11, 2014. Heavy rain was also observed. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Hedrick | - | An EF1 tornado occurred in the comma-head of a bow echo along a path from 1 mile west of Hedrick to just west of Martinsburg. Total path length was about 3 miles. Power lines were downed, trees snapped, a machine shed wall was blown in, grain bins were damaged, a shed was destroyed, and the ball park was damaged. Approximately 10 homes were damaged in Hedrick along with rural farmsteads. A deputy police car was turned around and fell into a ditch. Numerous trees were also blown down. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | From 930 pm to 945 pm some power lines were blown down and some wind damage occurred from 4 miles west of Hedrick eastward along Highway 78 to Ollie. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hedrick | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Hedrick, IA at 855 am CDT May 29. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down numerous 4 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs in Hedrick, IA at 745 pm June 1. A power outage was also observed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrick | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph in Hedrick, IA at 745 pm June 1. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hedrick | - | Nickel size hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hedrick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsburg | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nugent | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hayesville | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ioka (historical) | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lanscaster | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Delta | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ollie | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Atwood (historical) | 11.7 miles | 7 |
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 Hedrick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q607892 | 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 457375. 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.






