Milford, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51351. It stands on Milford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 3,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.

Milford within Dickinson County

On record in Milford

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 5 records

Gerome Clark Houselisted 1977
Gull Point State Park, Area Alisted 1990
Gull Point State Park, Area Blisted 1990
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Historic Districtlisted 1991
Okoboji Bridgelisted 1998

Population over time

2 figures

Milford grew from 2,898 to 3,321 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	2,898
2020	3,321	+423 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Iowa Great Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 2006 and 2018, burning about 353 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	18
Debris and open burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	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
5 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 July 2012	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	A34, 2235 193RD AVE., OKOBOJI TWP, BY LITTLE SIOUX
9 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	2305 225TH ST., MILFORD TWP, MILFORD, IA, IA
3 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2010	Debris and open burning	155 acres	Iowa Wetland Management District	GRAFF
15 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Milford: 20 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bradbury	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
County	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dickinson County Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fostoria Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Leith Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Milford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Milford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Milford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rohlin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 15 flood, 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 2001	Hail	Milford	$100,000	Large hail caused damage to vehicles, and to the siding and windows of some buildings.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 2010	Lightning	Milford	$5,000	Lightning struck a house and caused a small fire.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	$5,000	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Milford	$5,000	no account filed
April 2016	Flood	Milford	-	Runoff from repeated rains caused minor flooding of agricultural land along the Little Sioux River. The river reached a peak stage 0.8 feet above flood stage at Milford at the end of the month.
June 2014	Flood	Milford	-	Persistent heavy rains caused major flooding of the Little Sioux River. Farmland, other lowlands including parks, and several roads near the river were flooded. Some homes were flooded, mainly in basements. The river crested at 5.37 feet above flood stage at Milford on June 19th.
May 2012	Flood	Milford	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused minor flooding of the Little Sioux River, with lowlands including some farmland and a few roads affected. The river crested at 1.7 feet above flood stage near Milford on May 31st.
June 2011	Flood	Milford	-	Moderate flooding of the Little Sioux River resulted from runoff caused by heavy rain. Lowlands including some farmland along the river were flooded. The river crested at 3.0 feet above flood stage near Milford on June 21st.
February 2011	Flood	Milford	-	Melting snow and resulting runoff caused minor flooding along the Little Sioux River, with unused lowlands mainly affected. The river crested at less than a foot above flood stage at Milford late on February 18th.
July 2011	Flood	Milford	-	Major flooding of the Little Sioux River resulted from runoff caused by heavy rain. Considerable farmland, other lowlands, and several roads were flooded. The river crested at a record 5.5 feet above flood stage near Milford on July 15th.
September 2010	Flood	Milford	-	Heavy rain caused minor to moderate flooding along the Little Sioux River, with farmland and other lowlands affected. A few roads were also flooded. The river crested at 4 feet above flood stage near Milford on September 27th.
October 2010	Flood	Milford	-	Minor to moderate flooding of the Little Sioux River abated and ended during the first few days of the month. A few lowlands along the river and a few roads were flooded at the start of the month.
July 2010	Flood	Milford	-	Heavy rain caused minor to moderate flooding along the Little Sioux River, with lowlands including some agricultural land flooded. The river crested at 2.21 feet above flood stage at Milford on July 26th.
March 2010	Flood	Milford	-	Rapid melting of a heavy winter snowpack resulted in moderate to major flooding of the Little Sioux River. Fields and other lowlands as well as roads near the river were flooded. The Little Sioux River crested at 4.65 feet above flood stage near Milford on March 17th.
February 2009	Flood	Milford	-	Minor flooding along the Little Sioux River resulted from the melting of snow.
June 2008	Flood	Milford	-	Heavy rain caused minor flooding of farmland along the Little Sioux River from June 12th to June 14th, except over the far southern part of Dickinson County, where minor flooding continued from the beginning of June to June 14th.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
March 2007	Flood	Milford	-	Warm temperatures caused a rapid snowmelt which caused the Little Sioux River to rise above flood stage for several days. The flooding vwas light to moderate, and no significant damage was reported. The river crested at 3.8 feet above flood stage at Milford on March 15th.\|
August 2007	Flood	Milford	-	Very heavy rainfall over several days caused major to record flooding in the headwater area of the Little Sioux River, with lowlands including several roads flooded, and at least one road washed out. The river crested at 4.8 feet above flood stage near Milford on August 23rd.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. The winds also severely damaged crops, mainly corn, along a 3 mile long stretch. The amount of crop damage was not known.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	-	Thunderstorm winds caused crop damage. The amount of crop damage was not known.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Milford	-	Heavy rain caused lowland flooding, including part of highway 71.
April 2006	Flood	Milford	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Milford	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Milford	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Town	0.8 miles	8
West Okoboji	2.1 miles	8
Crescent Beach Resort	3.1 miles	8
Wahpeton	3.1 miles	8
Arnolds Park	3.6 miles	7
Crows Nest Resort	3.6 miles	7
Okoboji	4.3 miles	8
Village East Resort	4.5 miles	8

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 Milford	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928296	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 459076. 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.