New Virginia, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Virginia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50210. The Survey maps it on the New Virginia quadrangle. 498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Virginia grew from 489 to 498 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 | 489 | |
| 2020 | 498 | +9 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of New Virginia between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,026 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 New Virginia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 77 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Virginia in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 37 hail, 20 heavy rain, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 1999 | Tornado (F2) | New Virginia | $75,000 | very intermittent track in rural areas |
| July 2008 | Hail | New Virginia | $75,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flood | New Virginia | $50,000 | Streams were out of their banks. Basements were flooding with water coming up through drains. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | New Virginia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | New Virginia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | New Virginia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | New Virginia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | New Virginia | $10,000 | Flash flooding was reported with 5 feet of water over the entrance and exit ramps at mile post 47. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | Measured 1.2 inch diameter after a few minutes of melting. |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | A warm front was moving northward into Iowa. Thunderstorms fired up ahead of the front. Many of the storms produced gusty winds and small hail. Hail reportedly covered the ground in several places. Creston was one example, where they reported pea-size hail covering the ground. A few of the storms produced dime-size hail. Red Oak and New Virginia both reported 0.75-inch diameter hail. |
| April 2012 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $3,000 | A few shingles were removed from a new roof. There was large tree limb damage in town and power lines down east of town. A metal panel was blown off a shed. |
| April 2010 | Hail | New Virginia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | New Virginia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | New Virginia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | New Virginia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | New Virginia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | New Virginia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Virginia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | New Virginia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | New Virginia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | New Virginia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | New Virginia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Lightning | New Virginia | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Report via mping. |
| October 2024 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Report via social media. |
| September 2023 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Pea to nickel size hail located one mile west of New Virginia. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported 2.46 inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.40 inches. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Trained Spotter report of golf ball sized hail. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter report of 1.25 inch hail. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Media relayed image of baseball sized hail. Delayed report via social media. Time estimate via radar. |
| May 2020 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Emergency management relayed report of 3 inch hail. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported 2.1 inches of rain fell in approximately 45 minutes. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter report of 2.7 inches of rain. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | A trained spotter reported a 24 hour rain total of 4.8 inches, with most occurring between 930-1130 pm on July 14th. Still raining at time of observation. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | A trained spotter reported a 24 hour storm total of 5 inches of rain as of 10 am. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches. Beginning and ending times estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported storm total heavy rainfall of 2 inches. Beginning and end times estimated from radar. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | New Virginia | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3 inches. Beginning and ending times estimated from radar. |
| April 2017 | Hail | New Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported penny sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | New Virginia | - | A brief tornado developed east of New Virginia and moved through a rural field before lifting. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South River Crossing (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Medora | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cool | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Marys | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| West Saint Marys | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lawrenceburg | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wick | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Conger | 11.8 miles | 9 |
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 Virginia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1927658 | 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 459495. 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.







