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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.

Minburn within Dallas County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Minburn 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.

YearPeople Change
2010365
2020325-40 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

5 since 2007

Regional 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 burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 November 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMINBURN
6 October 2020Equipment and vehicle use20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diddy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ross PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

39 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2005Tornado (F2)Minburn$2,500,000Tornado touched down in Dallas County and moved into Boone County.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Minburn$100,000EF0 Tornado north of Dallas Center stayed in rural area and produced minor damage.
August 2014Flash FloodMinburn$50,000Water several feet deep over F31.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMinburn$15,000Power lines and 8 to 10 inch diameter limbs down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMinburn$15,000Significant tree and power pole damage. Several trees blocked.
August 2014Flash FloodMinburn$10,000Water was reported running over HWY 169 several inches deep.
May 2016HailMinburn$5,000Minburn Fire Department reported half dollar sized hail about 1.5 miles SW of town.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMinburn$5,000Power poles were down, along with a one foot diameter tree.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMinburn$5,000A few small trees were blown over and the corn was blown down.
July 2008HailMinburn$5,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMinburn$5,000no account filed
April 1999HailMinburn$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMinburn$2,000Twelve inch diameter tree branches blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMinburn$1,000Minburn 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 2006Thunderstorm WindMinburn$1,000no account filed
April 2004HailMinburn$1,000no account filed
April 1999HailMinburn$1,000no account filed
May 2024HailMinburn-Amateur radio operator relayed nickel sized hail.
July 2024Heavy RainMinburn-Report of 3.5 inches of rain.
August 2022Heavy RainMinburn-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.54 inches.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Wind gusts of 60-70 MPH from amateur radio operators in Minburn.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Estimated gust of 75 MPH.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Fire Department reported a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Fire department estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts.
September 2019Tornado (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 2018HailMinburn-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
June 2018HailMinburn-Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Fire department reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
July 2018Heavy RainMinburn-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 2017Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Law enforcement reported wind gusts to 60 mph or more.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMinburn-Local fire department reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
May 2016HailMinburn-Trained spotter reported hail up to quarter-sized mixed in with smaller hail.
July 2016Heavy RainMinburn-Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.20 inches from last night via twitter.
June 2015Heavy RainMinburn-Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall or two plus inches over roughly the previous 60 minutes. Ending time estimated by radar.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Minburn-Brief rope tornado
September 2022HailMinburn-no account filed
November 2005HailMinburn-no account filed
April 2002HailMinburn-no account filed
April 2002HailMinburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Gardiner4.7 miles12
Black Corners4.7 miles14
Dallas Center6.1 miles10
Panther6.3 miles14
Bouton6.6 miles12
Perry Yard6.9 miles12
Perry7.1 miles12
Moran7.4 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 MinburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928219The 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.