Nashua, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bradford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50658. It stands on Little Cedar River. The Survey maps it on the Nashua quadrangle. 1,551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNashua fell from 1,663 to 1,551 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 | 1,663 | |
| 2020 | 1,551 | -112 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Nashua between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,539 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1195 BEAUMONT WAY, IA |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nashua: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nashua | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tracy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Boevers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boveig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nashua Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashua in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | 1 hurt, $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Nashua | $120,000 | Locally heavy rain produced some street flooding and caused water to go in some basements in Nashua. Flooding also impacted Lawler and caused damage to secondary roads across the southern sections of the county. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Nashua | $120,000 | Tornado began in Floyd County |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Nashua | $50,000 | Thunderstorms developed in the warm and unstable air over Iowa. They developed north and northeast of Des Moines and tracked northeast across northeast Iowa. One of them dropped three-quarter-inch diameter hail at Conrad. A short time later, golf ball-size hail fell south of Scarville. Farther northeast, one-inch diameter hail was reported in Chickasaw County at Nashua. The hail fell for 10 to 15 minutes. Some damage was reported, but no serious damage. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Nashua | $48,000 | The fire department had to pump water out of basements in Nashua and volunteers helped sandbag homes in both Nashua and Ionia. Flood waters from the Wapsipinicon River covered U.S. Highway 18 west of New Hampton. For the second time this month, school was canceled in the New Hampton school district because of flooding. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Nashua | $45,000 | Significant rainfall later into June pushed the Little Cedar River at Nashua into flood stage on June 24th. The river stage crested during the early morning on June 25th in major flood stage at 959.94 ft. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Nashua | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $7,000 | Trained spotter reports several trees down and some barns blown over. All the damage was near and south of Nashua. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in Nashua. The wind also blew out a window of a home and caused power outages. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $4,000 | Trees were blown down, snapped or uprooted in Nashua from an estimated 65 mph wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $3,000 | Telephone poles and crops were damaged by winds southeast of Nashua. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down in Nashua. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $3,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Nashua. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $2,000 | Trees were blown down south of Nashua. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $2,000 | Power outages were reported by the post office. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Flood | Nashua | - | Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed the Little Cedar River at Nashua to rise into flood stage during the evening on August 18th. The site crested at 956.33 ft in minor flood stage during the early morning hours on August 19th before falling below flood stage during the afternoon that same day. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Nashua | - | Significant runoff from heavy rainfall upstream resulted in a rapid rise of water and minor flooding along the Little Cedar River near Nashua on May 16th. Minor flooding was initially realized during the early morning of May 16th, with the river cresting 0.94 feet above flood stage of 954.5 feet above sea level on the afternoon of May 16th. It then fell below flood stage late that night. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Nashua. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Nashua | - | Golf ball sized hail fell from Nashua northeast toward Boyd. The hail destroyed crops, stripping both beans and corn. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | - | Trees were blown down in Nashua. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | - | A 60 mph wind gust was reported in Nashua. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Nashua | - | A deputy reported two funnel clouds near Nashua. These occurred under rapidly developing towering cumulus clouds. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Nashua | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Nashua | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nashua | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nashua | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Chickasaw | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ionia | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Republic | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bassett | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Williamstown | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dresden (historical) | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| North Washington | 13.0 miles | 7 |
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 Nashua | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q990640 | 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 459437. 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.



