Massena, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Massena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50853. The Survey maps it on the Massena quadrangle. 359 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMassena grew from 355 to 359 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 | 355 | |
| 2020 | 359 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Massena quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
52 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massena in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 heavy rain, 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Massena | $186,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flood | Massena | $75,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Massena | $50,000 | Quick rises have happened along the West Nodaway River in Cass County. Evacuations along the West Nodaway River are being recommended to nearby residents. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $30,000 | Trained spotter reported 3 inch diameter tree branches down along with a few farm sheds toppled. Wide swaths of corn were also reported bent down in the vicinity. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Massena | $25,000 | The Cass County Sheriff's Office reported highway 92 was closed on the west edge of Massena due to water over the bridge. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Massena | $20,000 | Cass County Dispatch reported flash flooding near 740th and Rockport, and 730th and Seattle, near the West Nodaway River. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $15,000 | Widespread tree damage was reported in Massena. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $10,000 | Two to three foot diameter trees reported down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $10,000 | Twenty four inch diameter trees were down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Massena | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Massena | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Massena | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Massena. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Massena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Massena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Massena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massena | $1,500 | Large, old tree down in Massena. Damage to electrical conduit on side of building. Images submitted via social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Massena | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | A 24 hour rainfall report of 2.58 inches. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | A 24 hour rainfall report of 3.04 inches. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.60 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.88 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.69 inches over the last 48 hours. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.43 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.40 inches. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 1.46 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 1.69 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.70 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall for the past 24 hours was 4.20 inches. |
| October 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall of 2.18 inches in the past 24 hours. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.28 inches. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Storm total rainfall for the two days was 2.59 inches. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall from storm over the past 24 hours was 3.92 inches. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall in the past 24 hours was 4.90 inches. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall during the past 24 hours was 1.81 inches. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall of 3.28 inches in 24 hours. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Massena | - | Rainfall total so far 4.30 inches, mostly since midnight. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Massena | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cumberland | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Norway Center | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lyman | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wiota | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Anita | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Grove City (historical) | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sycamore Village | 16.1 miles | 9 |
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 Massena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928585 | 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 458849. 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.
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.





