Hudson, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Black Hawk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50643. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle. 2,546 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHudson grew from 2,282 to 2,546 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 | 2,282 | |
| 2020 | 2,546 | +264 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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
- 1963 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Marshalltown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hudson in 2002, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hudson: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 heavy rain, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Hudson | $200,000 | Flooding of areas streams and creeks resulted in flooding in Hudson and Dunkerton with volunteer evacuations underway. Some roads remain flooded. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Hudson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Flood | Hudson | $20,000 | Additional roads were closed due to the flooding on the Black Hawk Creek. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Lightning | Hudson | $5,000 | Lightning struck a tree splitting the tree with large limbs down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hudson | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hudson | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hudson | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hudson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Large limb from healthy tree snapped off and blocking the roadway. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.30 inches. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Hudson | - | KWWL relayed a public report and picture of roughly quarter sized hail south of Hudson. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded 2.86 inches of rainfall over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 4.00 inches. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.25 inches for the event. Time estimated from September 30th 5pm through October 1st 5pm. Due to limitations in entry, beginning time entered as midnight CST, October 1st. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.50 inches. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. Actual estimated start time of 1130pm CST on August 31st. |
| June 2016 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Trained spotter reported storm total heavy rainfall of 3.20 inches from midnight to 5 am. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall total of 2.90 inches. |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | Weekend total of 5 inches, 4.25 in past 24 hours. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hudson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Falls Junction | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hicks | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Voorhies | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Orange | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Blessing | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Eagle Center | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Castle Hill | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Falls | 8.4 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 Hudson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931703 | 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 457710. 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.



