Macksburg, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grand River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50155. The Survey maps it on the Macksburg quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
On record in Macksburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- J. D. Craven Women's Relief Corps Halllisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresMacksburg fell from 113 to 97 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 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 97 | -16 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Afton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Macksburg between 2011 and 2015, burning about 84 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1024 REDWOOD AVE, AFTON, IA, IA |
| 3 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macksburg in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 6 deaths and 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF4) | Macksburg | 6 killed, 5 hurt, $75,000,000 | This is the first segment of this devastating tornado which passed through four counties including Madison, Warren, Polk and Jasper. The tornado began northwest of Macksburg in western Madision county. The tornado remained in mostly rural cropland and wooded areas of western Madison county. The tornado passed through Pammel State Park southwest of Winterset producing extensive tree damage as the tornado continued to widen into a wedge tornado. Upon exiting the park, the tornado travelled along Carver Road. Several residential homes were extensively damaged or destroyed along Carver Road and six deaths occurred along this stretch of road. The tornado was at peak intensity at this time with EF4 damage occurring west of the intersection of Carver Road and Highway 169 with a house completely destoyed and removed from the foundation. After departing the Carver Road corridor, the tornado progressed just southeast of Winterset and eventually passed east of town and crossing State Highway 92. Damage in these areas was primarily to trees and outbuildings although a few homes were also impacted with mostly EF1 to EF2 damage. From Highway 92 to where the tornado exited the county, it remained mostly in rural cropland and wooded areas with numerous trees impacted. The tornado then moved into Warren county from Madison county. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Macksburg | $350,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macksburg | $25,000 | Roof damage was reported to the American Legion Building. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Macksburg | $20,000 | The tornado moved into Madison County from Union County. It impacted two farmsteads, removing a partial roof on an outbuilding along 330th Street and then producing tree damage at another farm along 315th Street with the tornado dissipating shortly afterwards. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Macksburg | $10,000 | Flooding on 330th east of Highway 169. |
| July 2009 | Flood | Macksburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macksburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macksburg | $5,000 | Winds gusts estimated at 60 to 65 MPH. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macksburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Macksburg | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Macksburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Macksburg | $1,000 | Quarter size hail reported. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Macksburg | - | Report via mping. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Macksburg | - | Lots of penny to nickel size hail. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Macksburg | - | 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 Macksburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1930034 | 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 458713. 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.
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.






