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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.

Klemme within Hancock County

Population over time

2 figures

Klemme 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.

YearPeople Change
2010507
2020441-66 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
6 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 October 2012Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Garner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Garner Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Garner Reuber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
City DumpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Greiman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Klemme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKlemme$150,000Storm 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 2004Thunderstorm WindKlemme$15,000no account filed
May 1995HailKlemme$10,000no account filed
May 1995HailKlemme$5,000no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindKlemme$3,000no account filed
August 2023HailKlemme-Delayed report of 2 inch hail in Klemme relayed via social media, with time estimated from radar.
August 2021Funnel CloudKlemme-Time and location estimated by radar. Report via social media.
September 2018Heavy RainKlemme-Public measured heavy rainfall of 3.19 inches via their home weather station.
April 2017HailKlemme-Emergency manager reported mostly quarter sized hail with a few stones slightly larger.
July 2017HailKlemme-Public reported golf ball sized hail. Time and location estimated from radar.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Klemme-Public report of a tornado on the ground for 1 to 2 minutes.
August 2023HailKlemme-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Goodell5.8 miles9
Garner6.6 miles7
Hayfield Junction8.8 miles7
Duncan8.9 miles7
Kanawha11.2 miles9
Miller12.2 miles7
Britt12.3 miles7
Hayfield12.7 miles7

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 KlemmeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1930149The 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.