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.
Population over time
2 figuresKamrar 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 199 | |
| 2020 | 179 | -20 (-10%) |
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
- 1978 USGS Blairsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1900 BLOCK 310TH ST., STANHOPE, IOWA |
| 10 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | BAUER SLOUGH- ON KANTOR AVE NE OF KAMRAR, IOWA |
| 12 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pierce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Kamrar | 1 killed, $50,000 | Numerous roads impassible across Hamilton County due to flash flooding. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Kamrar | $95,000 | Brief 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 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Kamrar | $75,000 | Brief 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Kamrar | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kamrar | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Kamrar | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Kamrar | $20,000 | The County Sheriff reported water over roadways near Kamrar. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamrar | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Kamrar | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamrar | $5,000 | Tree damage with large branches torn away. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamrar | $5,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Kamrar | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kamrar | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kamrar | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kamrar | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kamrar | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamrar | - | Tree branch down over the roadway. Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Kamrar | - | Public reported quarter sized hail, via the mPING app. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Kamrar | - | Public reported nickel sized hail. This is a delayed report. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kamrar | - | Intersection of Highway 17 and 265th St. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (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 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Kamrar | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just east of Kamrar. It was less than half way to the ground. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Kamrar | - | A funnel cloud was reported on the east side of Kamrar by spotters. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kamrar | - | Tornado touched down briefly in a field southeast of Kamrar. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kamrar | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kamrar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonega | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Remicker (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Webster City | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jewell | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Blairsburg | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stanhope | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ellsworth | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Homer | 10.4 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 Kamrar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931830 | 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 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.




