Keosauqua, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52565. It stands on Elys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keosauqua quadrangle. 936 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
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On record in Keosauqua
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 9 records
Bentonsportlisted 1972
Hotel Manninglisted 1973
Franklin Pearson Houselisted 1978
Voltaire Twombley Buildinglisted 1993
Van Buren County Courthouselisted 1977- Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Bathing Area (Area C)listed 1990
- Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Lodge and Picnic Area (Area A)listed 1990
- Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Picnic and Custodial Group (Area B)listed 1990
- Midway Stock Farm Barnlisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresKeosauqua fell from 1,006 to 936 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 | 1,006 | |
| 2020 | 936 | -70 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Keosauqua quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Keosauqua in 2014, burning about 200 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Keosauqua: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Downing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sargent Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Buren County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
39 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keosauqua in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 18 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Lightning | Keosauqua | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Keosauqua | $86,000 | Lightning struck the county 911 tower, damaging a console. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Keosauqua | $30,000 | Emergency manager's truck damaged. There is probable unknown damage to residences and cars in town as well. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Keosauqua | $20,000 | Hail ranged from 1 to 1.75 inches. Several reports were received from the general public and fire department. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $20,000 | Numerous trees downed. One homeowner reported her windows and window fan were blown out of her bedroom. Still another damage report was that of a top torn off a grain bin. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Keosauqua | $10,000 | Small branches down with estimated 43 knot (50 mph) winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines in Keosauqua, IA at 645 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Keosauqua | $5,000 | Jct Hwys 1 &2; water over road |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Route J40 and Highway 1. The event time was estimated from local radar data. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $2,000 | In the center of town, a few older trees 2 feet in diameter were snapped off, local power was out, debris was everywhere. Up to 100 trees in town were damaged or down in the town of Keosauqua. The time of the event is estimated from local radar data. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Keosauqua | $2,000 | in 20 minutes |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | $1,000 | tree down blocking the road; several sheets of gypsum board were blown over a one story house and into a ditch. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | Law Enforcement tree limbs down in Keosauqua and trees down lacey State Park south of west of Keosauqua. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | Report gathered from mping. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | Report gathered from mping. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Keosauqua | - | Rainfall total of 4.91 inches recorded at a Keosauqua mesonet. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Keosauqua | - | The Emergency Manager reported that water was over the eastbound lane of Highway 2 near the intersection with Highway 1. Also, the county engineer reports higher end flash flooding over the southern portions of the county. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported with heavy rain and gusty winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | The spotter reported the hail lasted for 1 minute. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | Trees were blown down in Keosauqua, Farmington, and Bonaparte. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | A trained spotter reported several trees down in town with a uprooted 36 inch diameter tree blocking a road. Numerous power lines were also down. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | A trained spotter reported lots of dime size hail falling just southeast of Keosauqua. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down multiple 12 inch diameter tree limbs in|Keosauqua, IA around 439 pm June 19. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Keosauqua | - | The Des Moines River level at Keosauqua went into flood during this period. It crested at 27.40 feet on the morning of the 24th. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down some small trees and branches along Highway J40 from Lebanon to Keosauqua. Delayed report. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | penny size hail |
| April 2006 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | A second severe thunderstorm developed on the flanking line of the original supercell. This storm produced marginal severe hail for 3 minutes. The combined duration of the severe and non-severe hail was 10 minutes from 1034 to 1044 CST. |
| December 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | Law enforcement reported 4 inch diameter tree branches blown down. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | Penny sized hail reported by fire and rescue. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keosauqua | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Keosauqua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill (historical) | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pittsburg | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kilbourn | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Vernon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bentonsport | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Pierceville | 7.8 miles | 11 |
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 Keosauqua | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q693467 | 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 458057. 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.





