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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.

Hubbard within Hardin County

Population over time

3 figures

Hubbard 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.

YearPeople Change
1890452
2010845
2020860+15 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

3 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2824 N WISCONSIN, IOWA
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granzow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Last PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sievert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

46 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHubbard$500,000A microburst took place on 2 farmsteads in the area with 80 to 85 MPH winds causing damage to buildings and crops.
June 1996Flash FloodHubbard$200,000no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHubbard$100,000Public reported that a building lost its roof in Hubbard, and 2 more homes between Hubbard and Iowa Falls sustained damage.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHubbard$100,000Ten 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 2007Flash FloodHubbard$100,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHubbard$75,000no account filed
July 2000LightningHubbard$75,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHubbard$35,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHubbard$25,000Small branches damaged and a few larger ones to 9 inches in diameter.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHubbard$25,000Tree branches up to a foot in diameter broken.
April 2006HailHubbard$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHubbard$25,000no account filed
August 2004Tornado (F0)Hubbard$20,000Brief touchdown in open fields for the most part. Moved a camper and caused some damage to outbuildings and a house south of Radcliffe.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHubbard$20,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHubbard$15,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHubbard$10,000Measured by home weather station. Two large ash trees snapped. Pine tree snapped with corn and soy beans flattened.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHubbard$10,000A pull-behind trailer was blown over and several large tree branches were down in town.
April 2006HailHubbard$10,000no account filed
April 2006HailHubbard$10,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHubbard$10,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHubbard$5,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHubbard$5,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHubbard$3,000Several branches down, some 10 inches in diameter.
April 2002HailHubbard$3,000no account filed
May 2001HailHubbard$3,000no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000Trained 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 2008Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000no account filed
June 2014HailHubbard$1,000Considerable wind along with heavy rain.
June 2008HailHubbard$1,000Plenty of one half inch to nickel hail falling, along with very heavy rain.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHubbard$1,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHubbard-Public reported wind gusts to around 60 mph and at least portions of town without power.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHubbard-A 62 mph wind gust reported by NWS employee.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHubbard-Mesonet station reported a 67 knot wind gust.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHubbard-Emergency manager reported numerous large trees down with winds estimated at 70 mph.
June 2016HailHubbard-Public reported ground covered with nickel sized hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHubbard-NWS employee measured 62 mph wind gust on personal weather station.
September 2016Heavy RainHubbard-Public called in heavy rainfall report of 1.72 inches from storms last night.
August 2015Heavy RainHubbard-Trained spotter reported 3 hour heavy rainfall total of 2.50 inches.
August 2015Heavy RainHubbard-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.70 inches over the last 24 hours.
June 2008HailHubbard-Winds of 60 MPH were also reported. Hail was taking the leaves off of trees.
April 2024HailHubbard-no account filed
April 2014HailHubbard-no account filed
June 2010Funnel CloudHubbard-no account filed
June 2005HailHubbard-no account filed
June 2005HailHubbard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Sherman5.1 miles9
Rough Woods Hill6.2 miles9
Garden City6.5 miles9
Lawn Hill6.8 miles9
New Providence7.0 miles9
Radcliffe7.1 miles9
Buckeye8.7 miles9
Hughs9.9 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 HubbardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1931853The 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.