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Marble Rock, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50653. It stands on Ackley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greene quadrangle. 271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Marble Rock within Floyd County

On record in Marble Rock

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Marble Rock fell from 307 to 271 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
2010307
2020271-36 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Marble Rock between 2007 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 May 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2020Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2020Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Marble Rock: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 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
Lamb QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Maxson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brackel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F GraceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marble Rock in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Marble Rock$490,000This tornado formed just north of Marble Rock and moved rapidly to the northeast before dissipating west of Charles City. An NWS survey team determined this tornado to have an EF1 rating. The tornado caused damage to homes, farm buildings and metal grain bins along with taking down power poles, power lines and trees.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$50,000Machine sheds were blown down and destroyed southeast of Marble Rock.
May 1996HailMarble Rock$50,000no account filed
September 2025HailMarble Rock$47,000The public reported golf ball sized hail about 1 mile southeast of Marble Rock. The report was relayed via mPING.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$25,000The fire department in Marble Rock reported damage in town.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$15,000A large metal grain bin was dented near the top and a metal roof was blown off a building in Marble Rock.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$15,000An estimated 65 mph wind gust occurred in Marble Rock that blew down trees and power lines. Two large, empty fertilizer bins were blown off their foundation.
August 2008HailMarble Rock$10,000In addition to the hail, wind gusts were estimated at 50 mph and there were a few trees down in Marble Rock.
May 1996HailMarble Rock$10,000no account filed
August 2008HailMarble Rock$5,000A large amount of penny to quarter size hail was reported on farms east of Marble Rock.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$2,000Large tree branches were blown down northeast of Marble Rock.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$2,000Trees, two to three foot in diameter, were blown down just southeast of Marble Rock.
August 2008HailMarble Rock$1,500A car window was broken out by large hail. Numerous fields of soybeans and corn were damaged, as hail stripped and shredded the plants leaves.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock$1,500no account filed
August 2008HailMarble Rock$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailMarble Rock$800no account filed
May 2006HailMarble Rock$700no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock-Several large branches were knocked down near Marble Rock from strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2018HailMarble Rock-Quarter sized hail fell near Marble Rock.
August 2018HailMarble Rock-Quarter sized hail fell in Marble Rock.
August 2018HailMarble Rock-Quarter sized hail fell just north of Marble Rock.
May 2017HailMarble Rock-Quarter sized hail fell in Marble Rock.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Marble Rock.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock-A 60 mph wind gust occurred in Marble Rock.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMarble Rock-A wind gust of 70 mph occurred just east of Marble Rock.
October 2013HailMarble Rock-Quarter sized hail fell in Marble Rock.
March 2011HailMarble Rock-Penny sized hail fell in Marble Rock.
April 2018HailMarble Rock-no account filed
June 2017HailMarble Rock-no account filed
May 2008HailMarble Rock-no account filed
May 2004HailMarble Rock-no account filed
May 2004HailMarble Rock-no account filed
April 2002HailMarble Rock-no account filed
June 2002HailMarble Rock-no account filed
June 2002HailMarble Rock-no account filed
June 1997HailMarble Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Aureola0.5 miles9
Roseville4.3 miles7
Carney (historical)5.4 miles7
Oakwood5.7 miles7
Rockford7.3 miles7
Powersville9.8 miles9
Floyd Crossing11.0 miles7
Rudd11.3 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 Marble RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1929819The 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 458797. 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.