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Masonville, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Coffins Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50654. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Masonville quadrangle. 99 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.

Masonville within Delaware County

Population over time

2 figures

Masonville fell from 127 to 99 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
2010127
202099-28 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Masonville between 2006 and 2015, burning about 38 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
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
15 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources145 AVE, IA
12 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Masonville: 7 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
Bahl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Masonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walston-Masonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferguson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masonville in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2005HailMasonville$10,000no account filed
July 2016Tornado (EF1)Masonville$5,000A tornado moved east from Buchanan County and a roof of a barn was removed before lifting.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMasonville$5,000Wind estimated to be 60 mph flattened some corn fields. Time estimated.
April 1994HailMasonville$5,000no account filed
April 2026Flash FloodMasonville-Law enforcement reported part of the road washed out with water over much of the road, resulting in closing the road off by barricade.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Masonville-EF1 tornado with peak winds of 100-105 mph began east-southeast of Winthrop and tracked into Delaware County to just east-southeast of Masonville. A barn was completely destroyed at the beginning of its 4.3 mile long path. Additional damage to outbuildings and numerous trees was observed. The tornado also crossed U.S. Highway 20 just south of Masonville. The tornado did roll over a semi trailer.
June 2019Tornado (EFU)Masonville-A weak landspout tornado moved through rural areas southwest of Manchester, IA. Evidence for the tornado is through photo and video, but no damage was observed along its path to assign a rating. This tornado began in eastern Buchanan County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMasonville-A large tree was blown down blocking a rural road north of Masonville.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMasonville-The public reported a few trees and branches blown down in Masonville, and 2.20 inches of rain one hour.
August 2009HailMasonville-Quarter-sized hail fell about 2 miles south of Masonville, IA around 1225 pm August 9.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMasonville-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew 12 inch diameter trees down in Masonville, IA at 900 pm July 19.
April 2023HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2002HailMasonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Manchester7.2 miles12
Dundee7.3 miles12
Forestville8.7 miles12
Golden8.9 miles12
Robinson9.5 miles10
Thorpe9.6 miles12
Ryan10.6 miles12
Dutchtown10.8 miles12

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 MasonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928601The 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 458848. 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.