Neola, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Neola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51559. It stands on Neola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neola quadrangle. 918 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNeola grew from 842 to 918 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 | 842 | |
| 2020 | 918 | +76 (+9%) |
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 Neola 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 Neola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Neola between 2006 and 2016, burning about 282 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MINDEN FIRE DEPT. |
| 31 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | 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 Neola: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neola in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1994 | Hail | Neola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neola | - | A personal weather station recorded a 61 miles per hour wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Neola | - | Emergency Management reported tennis ball sized hail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neola | - | Public reported siding blown off of home. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neola | - | Winds estimated at 60 mph or stronger was reported at a golf course 1 1/4 mile south southwest of Neola. Penny size hail was also reported. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Neola | - | This tornado was reported by storm chasers and on social media. Video and photography of the tornado indicate that the tornado was mostly wrapped in rain during the lifespan. Storm survey of the affected area indicated that damage was mostly confined to tree damage and flatted corn. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neola | - | Thunderstorm winds caused some building damage near Neola. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Neola | - | This tornado crossed from Pottawattamie county into Harrison county then lifted in extreme southwest Shelby county. See the Harrison county report for more description. |
| September 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Neola | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Neola | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Neola | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Neola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minden | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bentley | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Underwood | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| York Center | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Peter | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| McClelland | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Weston | 10.0 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 Neola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1927620 | 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 459458. 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.





