Minburn, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Sugar Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50167. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.
On record in Minburn
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
Minburn Railroad Depotlisted 2015
Population over time
2 figuresMinburn fell from 365 to 325 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 | 365 | |
| 2020 | 325 | -40 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1950 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Minburn between 2007 and 2020, burning about 30 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 burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MINBURN |
| 6 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 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 Minburn: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this place
39 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minburn in 39 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 5 heavy rain, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Minburn | $2,500,000 | Tornado touched down in Dallas County and moved into Boone County. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Minburn | $100,000 | EF0 Tornado north of Dallas Center stayed in rural area and produced minor damage. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Minburn | $50,000 | Water several feet deep over F31. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $15,000 | Power lines and 8 to 10 inch diameter limbs down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $15,000 | Significant tree and power pole damage. Several trees blocked. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Minburn | $10,000 | Water was reported running over HWY 169 several inches deep. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Minburn | $5,000 | Minburn Fire Department reported half dollar sized hail about 1.5 miles SW of town. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $5,000 | Power poles were down, along with a one foot diameter tree. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $5,000 | A few small trees were blown over and the corn was blown down. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Minburn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Minburn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $2,000 | Twelve inch diameter tree branches blown down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $1,000 | Minburn Fire Department reported 12 inch diameter tree snapped. The report was relayed by Dallas County Emergency Management and the time is estimated from radar. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Minburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Minburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Minburn | - | Amateur radio operator relayed nickel sized hail. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Minburn | - | Report of 3.5 inches of rain. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Minburn | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.54 inches. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Wind gusts of 60-70 MPH from amateur radio operators in Minburn. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Estimated gust of 75 MPH. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Fire Department reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Fire department estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Minburn | - | Tornado remained in open cropland east and northeast of Minburn. No damage indicators were impacted, therefore the EFU rating. The tornado path was discovered using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Minburn | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Minburn | - | Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Fire department reported wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Minburn | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.95 inches over the last 24 hours. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Law enforcement reported wind gusts to 60 mph or more. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minburn | - | Local fire department reported wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Minburn | - | Trained spotter reported hail up to quarter-sized mixed in with smaller hail. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Minburn | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.20 inches from last night via twitter. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Minburn | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall or two plus inches over roughly the previous 60 minutes. Ending time estimated by radar. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Minburn | - | Brief rope tornado |
| September 2022 | Hail | Minburn | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Minburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Minburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Minburn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardiner | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Black Corners | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dallas Center | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Panther | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bouton | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Perry Yard | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Perry | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Moran | 7.4 miles | 12 |
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 Minburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928219 | 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 459121. 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.







