Hubbard, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Tipton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50122. It stands on Cardinal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hubbard quadrangle. 860 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHubbard grew from 452 to 860 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 452 | |
| 2010 | 845 | |
| 2020 | 860 | +15 (+2%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hubbard quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hubbard between 2006 and 2015, burning about 110 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2824 N WISCONSIN, IOWA |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 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 Hubbard: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granzow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Last Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sievert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbard in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $500,000 | A microburst took place on 2 farmsteads in the area with 80 to 85 MPH winds causing damage to buildings and crops. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Hubbard | $200,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $100,000 | Public reported that a building lost its roof in Hubbard, and 2 more homes between Hubbard and Iowa Falls sustained damage. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $100,000 | Ten large trees snapped in half with a couple of the trees hitting and destroying two grain bins. Many large branches down, some 10 inches in diameter. A machine shed lost parts of its roof and the doors to the building were blown in. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Hubbard | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Hubbard | $75,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $25,000 | Small branches damaged and a few larger ones to 9 inches in diameter. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $25,000 | Tree branches up to a foot in diameter broken. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hubbard | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hubbard | $20,000 | Brief touchdown in open fields for the most part. Moved a camper and caused some damage to outbuildings and a house south of Radcliffe. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $10,000 | Measured by home weather station. Two large ash trees snapped. Pine tree snapped with corn and soy beans flattened. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $10,000 | A pull-behind trailer was blown over and several large tree branches were down in town. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hubbard | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hubbard | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $3,000 | Several branches down, some 10 inches in diameter. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hubbard | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Hubbard | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported multiple trees down south of Hubbard. One of the trees was 24 inches in diameter. Spotter estimated wind gusts over 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hubbard | $1,000 | Considerable wind along with heavy rain. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hubbard | $1,000 | Plenty of one half inch to nickel hail falling, along with very heavy rain. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Public reported wind gusts to around 60 mph and at least portions of town without power. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | A 62 mph wind gust reported by NWS employee. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Mesonet station reported a 67 knot wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Emergency manager reported numerous large trees down with winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Hubbard | - | Public reported ground covered with nickel sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | NWS employee measured 62 mph wind gust on personal weather station. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Hubbard | - | Public called in heavy rainfall report of 1.72 inches from storms last night. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Hubbard | - | Trained spotter reported 3 hour heavy rainfall total of 2.50 inches. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Hubbard | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.70 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hubbard | - | Winds of 60 MPH were also reported. Hail was taking the leaves off of trees. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hubbard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rough Woods Hill | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Garden City | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lawn Hill | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Providence | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Radcliffe | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Buckeye | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hughs | 9.9 miles | 9 |
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 Hubbard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931853 | 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 457702. 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.




