Klemme, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50449. The Survey maps it on the Garner quadrangle. 441 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKlemme fell from 507 to 441 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 | 507 | |
| 2020 | 441 | -66 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Garner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Klemme between 2006 and 2017, burning about 18 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Klemme: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garner Reuber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Dump | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Greiman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Klemme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klemme in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klemme | $150,000 | Storm chaser video depicted extensive wind damage and likely wind driven hail damage in the town of Klemme. Damage included numerous car, home, and business windows broken and trees downed on homes. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klemme | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Klemme | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Klemme | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klemme | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Klemme | - | Delayed report of 2 inch hail in Klemme relayed via social media, with time estimated from radar. |
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Klemme | - | Time and location estimated by radar. Report via social media. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Klemme | - | Public measured heavy rainfall of 3.19 inches via their home weather station. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Klemme | - | Emergency manager reported mostly quarter sized hail with a few stones slightly larger. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Klemme | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail. Time and location estimated from radar. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Klemme | - | Public report of a tornado on the ground for 1 to 2 minutes. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Klemme | - | 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.
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 Klemme | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1930149 | 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 458123. 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.




