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Maynard, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Harlan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50655. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle. 476 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.

Maynard within Fayette County

On record in Maynard

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

Population over time

2 figures

Maynard fell from 518 to 476 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
2010518
2020476-42 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Maynard between 2009 and 2011, burning about 28 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/undetermined3

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources6570 M AVE, IA
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maynard: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Ashby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Maynard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maynard in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Tornado (EF1)Maynard2 hurt, $100,000The tornado started about 4 miles southeast of Maynard and ended approximately 5 miles southeast of Maynard. The tornado destroyed a farmhouse by moving it off its foundation and it then fell into the basement. Two people inside the house sustained non-life threatening injuries. The tornado also damaged crops, trees and farm buildings.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMaynard$3,100,000A path of wind damage occurred across southern Fayette County. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, several roofs were blown off farm buildings, metal corn bins were caved in and pieces of siding and roofing were strewn throughout farm fields. One home was destroyed, 17 farms received major damage and 10 cows were killed.
March 2020Tornado (EF0)Maynard$75,000An EF0 tornado touched down touched down southeast of Maynard and move north-northeast before dissipating between Maynard and Fayette. Several farm buildings were damaged along the path of the tornado.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMaynard$40,000Roofs were damaged or blown off barns and some hog confinements in the Arlington area. One barn was blown over by the high winds.
May 1999HailMaynard$20,000no account filed
April 2000HailMaynard$7,000no account filed
May 2016LightningMaynard$5,000Lightning started a shed on fire near Maynard.
June 2001HailMaynard$1,000no account filed
July 2021HailMaynard-Quarter sized hail fell in Maynard.
June 2020Heavy RainMaynard-Just west of Maynard, 4.60 inches of rain fell.
August 2018Funnel CloudMaynard-A funnel cloud was sighted near Maynard.
June 2018Heavy RainMaynard-In Maynard, 5.2 inches of rain fell.
May 2013FloodMaynard-Numerous fields were underwater north of Oelwein from heavy rain.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMaynard-Amateur radio operators reported estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph.
July 2022HailMaynard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Westgate6.0 miles12
Randalia6.2 miles12
Fayette6.3 miles12
Oelwein7.1 miles12
Scott7.9 miles12
Donnan8.4 miles12
Albany9.1 miles12
Lima9.9 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 MaynardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928533The 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 458870. 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.