Hinton, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hungerford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51024. It stands on Carter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinton quadrangle. 935 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHinton grew from 928 to 935 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 | 928 | |
| 2020 | 935 | +7 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hinton between 2006 and 2012, burning about 29 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 October 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hinton: 4 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Corwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Floyd S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Maesker | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinton in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 29 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Hinton | $125,000 | Numerous reports of large hail up to half dollar size caused plenty of damage mainly to windows of homes and vehicles. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hinton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hinton | $75,000 | Hen egg to baseball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Hinton | $20,000 | Heavy rain amounting to 6.25 inches caused flooding of basements. Water filled window wells and broke some windows. Water was over roads and other low areas. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. A large tree was blown onto a house, damaging the house. |
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Hinton | $1,000 | A brief tornado caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | Power lines and several trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of County Roads K22 and C60. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Hinton | - | Members of the Hinton Police Department witnessed a very brief touchdown in an open field. The storm produced no visible damage as to determine a rating. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Hinton | - | The Floyd River at James rose above flood stage the morning of June 23rd, cresting around 6.39 feet above flood stage (32.39 feet) on June 23rd. This crest is in the Major Stage and broke the previous record. The river then fell below flood stage on the afternoon of June 24th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Plymouth County. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | Several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | Several larger limbs were broken off trees by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Hinton | - | Pea to penny size hail fell with little wind. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Hinton | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.52 inches near Le Mars) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural lands, as well as county road C70. The Floyd River at James (gage site JMEI4) reached the highest stage on record cresting 5.48 feet above flood stage on March 15. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Hinton | - | Widespread rainfall from September 18-20 totaled generally 2 to 5 inches, resulting in minor flooding. Impacts were generally limited to flooding of crop and pasture lands along the river as the Floyd River at James (gage site JMEI4) crested at 1.7 feet above flood stage on September 22, which was the fourth highest crest on record. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hinton | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls occurred with the storm resulting in a few broken windshields. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hinton | - | Hail varied from pea to half dollar size. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hinton | - | Large hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hinton | - | Large hail was mostly nickel size with a few golf ball size hailstones. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Hinton | - | Heavy rainfall caused Perry Creek to rise quickly to just over its banks. Other low places including some roads were also flooded. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Hinton | - | Area fields and low places on roads were flooded after heavy rain. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | Thunderstorm winds combined with heavy rain to cause severe crop damage. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hinton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hinton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wren | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| James | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Potosia | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Merrill | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Yeomans | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Neptune | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth (historical) | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Brookdale (historical) | 9.3 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 Hinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1846529 | 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 457521. 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.




