Moulton, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52572. The Survey maps it on the Moulton quadrangle. 607 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 991 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMoulton grew from 605 to 607 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 | 605 | |
| 2020 | 607 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moulton between 2006 and 2017, burning about 240 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 33284 582ND ST. MOULTON, IA, IA |
| 1 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 29996 315TH AVE MOULTON, IA, IA |
| 2 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 112 W 9TH MOULTON, IA, IA |
| 16 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 503 N EAST ST. MOULTON, IA, IA |
| 16 March 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moulton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moulton in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Lightning | Moulton | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Moulton | $40,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $25,000 | Appanoose County Sheriff Dispatch reported multiple trees down in Moulton area. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Moulton | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs snapped as well as damage to a residential roof in town. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Moulton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Moulton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported 4 inch diameter tree branches down in and around Moulton. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Moulton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Moulton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Moulton | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | $1,000 | Several small tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | - | Strong winds were bending small, weak trees completely over, while bigger trees had 2 to 3 inch diameter branches broken off. Small hail was all occurring, but appeared to be less than quarter in size. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Moulton | - | Storm chaser reported hail slightly larger than quarters. This is a delayed report and came in via social media. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moulton | - | Storm chaser reported a few large tree limbs down in town. Report came in via social media. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Moulton | - | Law Enforcement reported flooding within the town of Moulton. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Moulton | - | Mesonet site reported 2.00 inches of rain over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Moulton | - | Mesonet reported storm total of 2.63 inches of rain. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Moulton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Moulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Moulton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Moulton | - | 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.
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 Moulton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1927717 | 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 459266. 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.




