Keswick, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50136. The Survey maps it on the Keswick quadrangle. 242 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKeswick fell from 246 to 242 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 | 246 | |
| 2020 | 242 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Keswick quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Keswick between 2009 and 2017, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Keswick: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Keswick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keswick in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keswick | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keswick | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keswick | - | A trained spotter reported a large oak tree snapped near the base. The tree was about 30 inches in diameter. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Keswick | - | Emergency management reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Keswick | - | This report was relayed by local broadcast media (KCRG). Time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Keswick | - | Trained spotter reported very heavy rains with creeks out of their banks and flash flooding occurring. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keswick | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 55 to 65 mph blew down some 4 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs about 4 miles east of What Cheer, IA at 703 pm June 18. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Keswick | - | 1 inch hail reported by law enforement. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Webster | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Thornburg | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Jamestown | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| What Cheer | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Rosetta (historical) | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Vulcan (historical) | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| South English | 7.9 miles | 7 |
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 Keswick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q594708 | 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 458061. 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.





