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Kamrar, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50132. The Survey maps it on the Blairsburg quadrangle. 179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Kamrar within Hamilton County

Population over time

2 figures

Kamrar fell from 199 to 179 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.

YearPeople Change
2010199
2020179-20 (-10%)

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

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kamrar between 2009 and 2019, burning about 184 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/undetermined4
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
26 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1900 BLOCK 310TH ST., STANHOPE, IOWA
10 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesBAUER SLOUGH- ON KANTOR AVE NE OF KAMRAR, IOWA
12 October 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kamrar: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Daniels QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pierce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kamrar in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 14 hail, 6 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2008Flash FloodKamrar1 killed, $50,000Numerous roads impassible across Hamilton County due to flash flooding.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Kamrar$95,000Brief tornado formed about 4 miles southwest of Kamrar and moved east southeast for its entire length. The tornado destroyed 3 grain bins at a farmstead along with crop damage. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Kamrar$75,000Brief tornado developed about 2.5 miles southwest of Kamrar and moved east southeast. This tornado took part of the roof off a confinement building along with crop damage along its path. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
June 2007Flash FloodKamrar$50,000no account filed
September 2000HailKamrar$30,000no account filed
June 2008FloodKamrar$25,000no account filed
August 2015Flash FloodKamrar$20,000The County Sheriff reported water over roadways near Kamrar.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKamrar$10,000no account filed
May 1995HailKamrar$10,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKamrar$5,000Tree damage with large branches torn away.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKamrar$5,000Large tree limbs and power lines down.
July 2003HailKamrar$5,000no account filed
September 2000HailKamrar$3,000no account filed
September 2000HailKamrar$3,000no account filed
July 2013HailKamrar$1,000no account filed
August 2011HailKamrar$1,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKamrar-Tree branch down over the roadway. Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
September 2019HailKamrar-Public reported quarter sized hail, via the mPING app.
July 2018HailKamrar-Public reported nickel sized hail. This is a delayed report.
June 2014HailKamrar-Intersection of Highway 17 and 265th St.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Kamrar-Narrow tornado formed about 4.5 miles east of Kamrar and moved northeast. The tornado remained in open farmland for the duration of its life producing only damage to crops. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
July 2010Funnel CloudKamrar-Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just east of Kamrar. It was less than half way to the ground.
June 2009Funnel CloudKamrar-A funnel cloud was reported on the east side of Kamrar by spotters.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Kamrar-A tornado was viewed to the north from 320th and Highway 17. Spotter reported a debris cloud and the tornado becoming rain wrapped.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Kamrar-Tornado touched down briefly in a field southeast of Kamrar.
July 2013HailKamrar-no account filed
August 2011HailKamrar-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudKamrar-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudKamrar-no account filed
July 2009HailKamrar-no account filed
September 2000HailKamrar-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kamrar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Stonega5.9 miles9
Remicker (historical)6.0 miles9
Webster City7.0 miles9
Jewell7.5 miles9
Blairsburg7.6 miles9
Stanhope8.0 miles9
Ellsworth9.7 miles9
Homer10.4 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 KamrarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1931830The 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 458020. 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.