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.
Population over time
2 figuresMasonville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 127 | |
| 2020 | 99 | -28 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Masonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 145 AVE, IA |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahl Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Masonville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Walston-Masonville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferguson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Hail | Masonville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Masonville | $5,000 | A tornado moved east from Buchanan County and a roof of a barn was removed before lifting. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | $5,000 | Wind estimated to be 60 mph flattened some corn fields. Time estimated. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Masonville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Masonville | - | 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 2026 | Tornado (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 2019 | Tornado (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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | - | A large tree was blown down blocking a rural road north of Masonville. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | - | The public reported a few trees and branches blown down in Masonville, and 2.20 inches of rain one hour. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Masonville | - | Quarter-sized hail fell about 2 miles south of Masonville, IA around 1225 pm August 9. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew 12 inch diameter trees down in Masonville, IA at 900 pm July 19. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Masonville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dundee | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Forestville | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Golden | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Robinson | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Thorpe | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ryan | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dutchtown | 10.8 miles | 12 |
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 Masonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928601 | 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 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.






