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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.

Newhall within Benton County

Population over time

2 figures

Newhall 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.

YearPeople Change
2010875
2020876+1 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3

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
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2018Debris and open burning7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2506 HWY 218, IA
21 March 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources6923 31ST. AVE. ATKINS IA., IOWA
15 October 2015Debris and open burning35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marshalltown Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNewhall$25,000A picture was received from social media via Twitter of a roof blown off a home.
May 1995HailNewhall$25,000no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindNewhall$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph damaged some signs at a Chevy Dealership in Newhall, IA around 1010 pm April 5.
April 2006HailNewhall$5,000golfball size hail
April 2006HailNewhall$1,50070th Street & 27th Avenue
April 2026HailNewhall-Report was received from Mping.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Station RVHI4 located at Highway 30 and US 218.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Personal weather station.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Van Horne Rwis at US 30 and IA 218.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNewhall-A large tree branch was blown down.
May 2018HailNewhall-A trained spotter reported hail estimated at the size of pennies. This was a delayed report with the time estimated by radar.
June 2016HailNewhall-Law enforcement reported dime size hail.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNewhall-This reported was relayed by the Benton County Emergency Manager.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Newhall, IA at 523 pm CDT June 29.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNewhall-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 2009Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 mph in Newhall, IA around 500 pm June 23.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew some trees down in Newhall, IA around 500 pm June 23.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNewhall-A spotter reported a tree more than 2 1/2 feet in diameter snapped in half near Newhall.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindNewhall-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 2004Tornado (F0)Newhall-Rated F0
July 2000Heavy RainNewhall-Emergency management reported 3.5 inches of rain.
July 2000HailNewhall-Golfball-sized hail reported by trained spotter.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindNewhall-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs and a power line.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNewhall-no account filed
July 2020HailNewhall-no account filed
July 2020HailNewhall-no account filed
July 2020HailNewhall-no account filed
June 2002HailNewhall-no account filed
September 2000HailNewhall-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNewhall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Country Aire Home Park5.0 miles15
Atkins5.6 miles15
Van Horne6.6 miles9
Norway6.9 miles13
Watkins7.3 miles13
Eden7.8 miles13
Blairstown8.6 miles8
Shellsburg8.6 miles16

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 NewhallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1927580The 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.