Newhall, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eldorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52315. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle. 876 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewhall grew from 875 to 876 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 | 875 | |
| 2020 | 876 | +1 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1888 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Newhall between 2006 and 2018, burning about 80 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2506 HWY 218, IA |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 6923 31ST. AVE. ATKINS IA., IOWA |
| 15 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newhall: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshalltown Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newhall in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | $25,000 | A picture was received from social media via Twitter of a roof blown off a home. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Newhall | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph damaged some signs at a Chevy Dealership in Newhall, IA around 1010 pm April 5. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Newhall | $5,000 | golfball size hail |
| April 2006 | Hail | Newhall | $1,500 | 70th Street & 27th Avenue |
| April 2026 | Hail | Newhall | - | Report was received from Mping. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Station RVHI4 located at Highway 30 and US 218. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Personal weather station. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Van Horne Rwis at US 30 and IA 218. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | A large tree branch was blown down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Newhall | - | A trained spotter reported hail estimated at the size of pennies. This was a delayed report with the time estimated by radar. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Newhall | - | Law enforcement reported dime size hail. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | This reported was relayed by the Benton County Emergency Manager. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Newhall, IA at 523 pm CDT June 29. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph snapped a 4 to 5 foot diameter oak tree off at the base near the intersection of Highway 30 and Highway 218 about 4 miles west southwest of New Hall, IA around 735 pm August 9. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 mph in Newhall, IA around 500 pm June 23. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew some trees down in Newhall, IA around 500 pm June 23. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | A spotter reported a tree more than 2 1/2 feet in diameter snapped in half near Newhall. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | A spotter reported winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph along Highway 30, just south of Newhall. A semi truck was also blown over. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Newhall | - | Rated F0 |
| July 2000 | Heavy Rain | Newhall | - | Emergency management reported 3.5 inches of rain. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Newhall | - | Golfball-sized hail reported by trained spotter. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs and a power line. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Newhall | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Aire Home Park | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Atkins | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Van Horne | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Norway | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Watkins | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eden | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blairstown | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shellsburg | 8.6 miles | 16 |
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 Newhall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1927580 | 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 459508. 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.








