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Millersburg, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in English Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52308. The Survey maps it on the Millersburg quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Millersburg within Iowa County

On record in Millersburg

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

Millersburg fell from 159 to 135 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
2010159
2020135-24 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Millersburg between 2006 and 2020, burning about 132 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8

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
23 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMILLERSBURG FD
9 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMILLERSBURG FD
9 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1456 325TH ST. NORTH ENGLISH, IA
6 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning3.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millersburg in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMillersburg1 hurt, $10,000Winds estimated to be 65 mph destroyed a machine shed a couple of miles southwest of Millersburg, IA around 11:15 pm on May 25th. According to emergency management officials, a man was injured and taken to a hospital after being hit by a tree limb.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Millersburg$10,000A National Weather Service storm damage survey team confirmed an EF0 tornado track from 3 miles east of Millersburg, IA (tornado began at 254 pm) to 3 miles west of Parnell, IA (tornado ended at 3 pm). The path length was about 2 miles and the path width was about 25 yards. Power lines were blown down with tree damage noted and one shed flipped. Based on the damage, wind speeds in the tornado were estimated at 80 mph.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMillersburg$5,000Trees down in road and power out.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMillersburg$500no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMillersburg-Large tree branches blown down, and damage to a shed at this location.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMillersburg-A tree was blown down, with winds estimated between 50 and 60 mph, reported by county 911 dispatch. The time was estimated from radar data.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMillersburg-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 MPH and getting stronger. The report was relayed by the Emergency Manager and the time of the event was estimated using radar.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMillersburg-This is the beginning of a swath of thunderstorm wind damage. Numerous trees were damaged in the Williamsburg area. The peak estimated wind speeds were 75 MPH.
May 2016HailMillersburg-This report was received via the county emergency manager with winds estimated up to 50 MPH.
August 2015Flash FloodMillersburg-The Emergency Manager for Iowa County reported that several roads remained closed , including F67, due to flash flooding along all forks of the English River and Old Man Creek. A gauge along the North Fork of English River near Parnell crested at 30.0 feet. The river rose above flood stge at 530 AM on August 9 and fell back below flood stage at 6 AM on August 11. Rainfall totals across southwestern Iowa County ranged from 6 to 8 inches.
November 2015Tornado (EF1)Millersburg-This is a continuation of the tornado from Keokuk County. The tornado continued northeast and lifted just north northwest of North English. The path length was 7 miles with a maximum path width of 50 yards. Small barns and outbuildings were destroyed.
June 2014HailMillersburg-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMillersburg-A person from the public reported shingles blown off of a house along with several trees blown down. An old silo as well as silage wagons also blew over.
September 2012HailMillersburg-Ping Pong ball sized hail fell in Millersburg, IA at 355 am CDT September 7.
June 2011HailMillersburg-Quarter sized hail fell about 5 miles west of North English, IA at 235 am CDT June 14.
March 2007HailMillersburg-Sheriffs department relayed report of quarter size hail.
May 2016HailMillersburg-no account filed
July 2009HailMillersburg-no account filed
April 2002Funnel CloudMillersburg-no account filed
August 2002HailMillersburg-no account filed
May 2000Tornado (F0)Millersburg-no account filed
September 2000HailMillersburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa 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
Armah (historical)3.9 miles8
Ambrose (historical)4.9 miles8
North English6.0 miles8
Parnell8.3 miles8
Genoa Bluff8.4 miles8
Williamsburg10.0 miles8
Ladora12.6 miles8
Holbrook13.1 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 MillersburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928414The 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 459113. 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.

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.