BlockBefore

Linden, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50146. The Survey maps it on the Panora quadrangle. 200 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.

Linden within Dallas County

Population over time

2 figures

Linden grew from 199 to 200 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
2010199
2020200+1 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Linden between 2010 and 2018, burning about 50 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
3 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2903 WAGON RD., JACKSON TOWNSHIP, GUTHRIE CO. , IO
31 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesLINDEN AND 1ST ST. , IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Linden: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Talbot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dudley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linden in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLinden$40,000Emergency manager reported semi blown over into the ditch at the intersection of P46 and Highway 44.
April 2002HailLinden$25,000no account filed
November 2005HailLinden$15,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLinden$10,000Five to six 8 inch diameter tree limbs down across town.
May 2008LightningLinden$10,000Lightning struck several power poles and set them on fire near the intersection of Highway 44 and P46/El Paso Ave.
November 2005HailLinden$10,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLinden$10,000no account filed
May 2001HailLinden$5,000no account filed
August 2009HailLinden$2,000no account filed
September 2023HailLinden-Report was received from mPING.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLinden-A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 62 MPH.
June 2015Funnel CloudLinden-Law Enforcement reported a funnel cloud dropping and lifting multiple times.
October 2014Heavy RainLinden-Rainfall of 1.99 inches in the past 24 hours.
June 2014Heavy RainLinden-Twenty four hour rainfall total of 3.13 inches.
June 2015HailLinden-no account filed
September 2002HailLinden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Redfield5.4 miles14
Wiscotta6.1 miles14
Kennedy8.1 miles14
Dexter9.0 miles14
Panther9.1 miles14
Quarry12.8 miles14
Garretville13.3 miles14
Caldwell Siding (historical)13.4 miles11

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 LindenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928798The 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 458403. 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.