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New Hampton, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Hampton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50659. The Survey maps it on the New Hampton quadrangle. 3,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.

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New Hampton within Chickasaw County

On record in New Hampton

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

New Hampton fell from 3,571 to 3,494 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
20103,571
20203,494-77 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of New Hampton between 2006 and 2010, burning about 34 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11

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
7 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chickasaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Hampton: 8 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chickasaw County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hampton in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 30 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 10 heavy rain, 5 tornado. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Tornado (F2)New Hampton2 hurt, $500,000no account filed
July 1994Tornado (F2)New Hampton -$500,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$500,000no account filed
July 1995Tornado (F1)New Hampton$100,000The cold front from the system that affected Iowa the previous day had not yet moved through the state. The air mass remained fairly unstable overnight, and with surface heating became more unstable. Once the cap broke a line of thunderstorms formed over the central sections around mid day. The storms moved east during the afternoon. A storm formed ahead of the main line over Chickasaw County. This storm became severe as it produced a tornado. The tornado touched down south of New Hampton where it destroyed one farm building and damaged a few others on one farmstead. Several trees were also taken down. The tornado tracked across fields to the southeast of New Hampton and did not directly effect another farmstead. The tornado dissipated south of Lawler.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$65,000Numerous garages and buildings were damaged across New Hampton. Power lines and approximately 100 trees were also blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$50,000no account filed
June 1997LightningNew Hampton$50,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$30,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodNew Hampton$25,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$25,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F0)New Hampton$20,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$10,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailNew Hampton$8,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$7,000Trees were blown down in New Hampton. One of the trees landed on a house causing minimal damage.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$5,000Power lines were blown down east of New Hampton along State Highway 24.
May 2004HailNew Hampton$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$3,500no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$3,000Some large trees were blown down in New Hampton.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$3,000Trees were snapped off 20 feet up and power lines knocked down. A garden trailer and mower were also thrown.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$3,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$2,000no account filed
June 2001HailNew Hampton$2,000no account filed
June 1998FloodNew Hampton$2,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$1,000Tree branches were blown down in New Hampton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$1,000Tree branches were snapped in New Hampton.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$1,000no account filed
June 2002HailNew Hampton$800no account filed
April 2004HailNew Hampton$750no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton$750no account filed
May 2004HailNew Hampton$700no account filed
May 2004HailNew Hampton$500no account filed
July 1994Tornado (F0)New Hampton$500no account filed
August 1993HailNew Hampton$500no account filed
August 2021Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, 8.5 inches of rain fell.
August 2021Flash FloodNew Hampton-Runoff from heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in New Hampton.
May 2019Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, 4.54 inches of rain fell.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton-A couple of trees were knocked down on rural roads between Nashua and New Hampton.
August 2018HailNew Hampton-Quarter sized hail was reported in New Hampton.
August 2018HailNew Hampton-Quarter sized hail was reported in New Hampton.
June 2018Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, a mesonet station measured 4.08 inches of rain.
May 2017HailNew Hampton-Egg sized hail fell south of New Hampton at exit 201 along U.S. Highway 63.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton-A 66 mph wind gust occurred in New Hampton.
July 2017Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, 8.35 inches of rain fell.
September 2016Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, 3.59 inches of rain fell.
September 2016Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, three inches of rain fell.
August 2016Heavy RainNew Hampton-The COOP observer in New Hampton measured 3.71 inches of rain.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton-Numerous large tree branches were blown down in New Hampton.
June 2014Heavy RainNew Hampton-In New Hampton, 3.95 inches of rain fell.
June 2013Funnel CloudNew Hampton-Funnel clouds were sighted near New Hampton.
April 2013Heavy RainNew Hampton-The COOP observer near New Hampton reported 2.03 inches of rain.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Hampton-A wind gust of 63 mph occurred in New Hampton.
April 2013Heavy RainNew Hampton-Rainfall of 2.23 inches was reported near New Hampton.
June 2010FloodNew Hampton-Heavy rains produced some street flooding in New Hampton. A 24-hour rainfall total of 2.30 inches was reported.
May 2019HailNew Hampton-no account filed
August 2018HailNew Hampton-no account filed
June 2017HailNew Hampton-no account filed
April 2009HailNew Hampton-no account filed
June 2009HailNew Hampton-no account filed
April 2004HailNew Hampton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chickasaw 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
Boyd4.5 miles7
Devon4.7 miles7
Dresden (historical)5.5 miles9
Nansen5.6 miles7
Williamstown6.5 miles9
North Washington6.6 miles7
Jacksonville7.1 miles7
Ionia7.5 miles7

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 New HamptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1868791The 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 459473. 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.