Mineola, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51554. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineola quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMineola fell from 166 to 154 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 | 166 | |
| 2020 | 154 | -12 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Mineola between 2009 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 63033 287TH ST., IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mineola in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Hail | Mineola | 5 hurt | Hail, some as large as around softball-size, was accompanied by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph or stronger. The hail and strong winds caused considerable home and vehicle damage in the Mineola area, especially on the east side of the structures. It was reported that almost every home in town lost at least one window. Bicyclists on a weekly jaunt on a local trail were hit by the wind and hail with several sustaining minor injuries due to the wind driven hail. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Mineola | $50,000 | From the mini-supercell which produced wind damage in Glenwood, this storm produced a tornado that did damage to 2 farms near Mineola. A barn and home sustained roof damage, hog sheds were destroyed and trees and power lines were downed. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mineola | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mineola | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 65 mph. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Mineola | - | Public reported 1.25-inch hail. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | The observer indicated gusts greater than 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph blew over a Market Sign west of Silver City. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | Hail, some as large as softball-size, was accompanied by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph or stronger. The hail and strong winds caused considerable home and vehicle damage in the Mineola area, especially on the east side of the structures. Bicyclists on a weekly jaunt on a local trail were hit by the wind and hail with several sustaining minor injuries due to the wind driven hail. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 55 to 60 mph downed half of a small dead tree in the area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed a 12 to 15 inch diamter limb onto power lines near town. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Mineola | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Mineola | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Mineola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Balfour | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenwood | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Folsom | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hentons (historical) | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pacific City | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mills | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hillsdale | 9.4 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 Mineola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3800822 | 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 459123. 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.





