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.
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
- Maynard Town Hall and Jaillisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresMaynard 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 518 | |
| 2020 | 476 | -42 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Maynard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 6570 M AVE, IA |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maynard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Maynard | 2 hurt, $100,000 | The 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maynard | $3,100,000 | A 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 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Maynard | $75,000 | An 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maynard | $40,000 | Roofs were damaged or blown off barns and some hog confinements in the Arlington area. One barn was blown over by the high winds. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Maynard | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Maynard | $7,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Lightning | Maynard | $5,000 | Lightning started a shed on fire near Maynard. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Maynard | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Maynard | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Maynard. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Maynard | - | Just west of Maynard, 4.60 inches of rain fell. |
| August 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Maynard | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Maynard. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Maynard | - | In Maynard, 5.2 inches of rain fell. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Maynard | - | Numerous fields were underwater north of Oelwein from heavy rain. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maynard | - | Amateur radio operators reported estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Maynard | - | 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.
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 Maynard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928533 | 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 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.






