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Little Rock, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elgin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51243. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,490 feet above sea level.

Little Rock within Lyon County

Population over time

2 figures

Little Rock fell from 459 to 439 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
2010459
2020439-20 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Little Rock between 2010 and 2016, burning about 8 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 November 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesCUSHING FIRE AND RESCUE
6 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesSEC 7 OF GRANT TWP. FIELD DIRECTLY NE OF CORNERSTO

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Little Rock: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Eben PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
HeintbrinkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maudlin Little RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Voss PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Rock in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2010Tornado (EF2)Little Rock$500,000A tornado destroyed two hog confinement buildings, killing about 12 hogs, numerous outbuildings, a metal farm building, tore the roof off a house and damaged at least 6 other houses, and caused damage to other farm buildings, power lines, vehicles, and trees, before moving out of Lyon County and into Osceola County.
June 1996HailLittle Rock$100,000no account filed
June 1994HailLittle Rock$50,000no account filed
June 1994HailLittle Rock$50,000no account filed
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Little Rock$20,000A tornado destroyed a garage, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches and a few trees blown down. Some trees and branches fell on homes and in yards, and some roads were blocked. The winds were accompanied by small hail. There was crop damage from the winds and hail in the area, but the amount of crop damage was not known.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock$100Thunderstorm winds blew down two- to three-inch diameter tree limbs.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-A cattle barn was significantly damaged by thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Several trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed up to 10 inch diameter tree limbs and damaged power lines.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Visibility was near zero due to strong winds and dust for around 10 minutes. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Trees downed at intersection of Highway 9 and Log Avenue.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Four inch diameter tree branches were downed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several large trees blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down.
May 2012Heavy RainLittle Rock-Rainfall was measured at 2.92 inches.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a two foot diameter tree blown down.
May 2004HailLittle Rock-Large hail covered the ground.
July 2000HailLittle Rock-Large hail damaged vehicles, windows, and crops, but the amount of damage was not determined. The hail fell over most of the southern and eastern parts of Lyon County.
April 2025HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 2021HailLittle Rock-no account filed
July 2008HailLittle Rock-no account filed
September 2008HailLittle Rock-no account filed
September 2008HailLittle Rock-no account filed
June 2006HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 2006HailLittle Rock-no account filed
July 2004HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 2004HailLittle Rock-no account filed
July 2004HailLittle Rock-no account filed
July 2004HailLittle Rock-no account filed
July 2003HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock-no account filed
April 2001HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 1999HailLittle Rock-no account filed
August 1999HailLittle Rock-no account filed
June 1998HailLittle Rock-no account filed
June 1996HailLittle Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lyon 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
George9.4 miles8
Midland11.7 miles7
Edna11.9 miles7
Rock Rapids15.5 miles7
Lakewood (historical)16.3 miles7
Lakewood Corner16.9 miles7
Doon21.7 miles7
Alvord23.2 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 Little RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1930402The 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 458498. 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.