Readlyn, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Maxfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50668. The Survey maps it on the Readlyn quadrangle. 845 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReadlyn grew from 808 to 845 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 | 808 | |
| 2020 | 845 | +37 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Readlyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Readlyn between 2008 and 2020, burning about 199 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Readlyn: 2 unknowns, 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.
Storms near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Readlyn in 22 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 15 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flood | Readlyn | $20,000 | Iowa DOT reported IA Highway 3 closed near Readlyn due to flooding. Detour in place. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Readlyn | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Readlyn | $15,000 | Vehicles damaged with large dents and some roof dents as well. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Readlyn | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readlyn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readlyn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Readlyn | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Readlyn | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readlyn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Readlyn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Readlyn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Readlyn | - | Quarter size hail in Readlyn. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readlyn | - | Crops flattened and trees down about 1 mile west of Readlyn. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Readlyn | - | KWWL relayed a public report of golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Readlyn | - | KWWL relayed a viewer photo of a funnel cloud. |
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Readlyn | - | Rainfall total of 2.7 inches, Received from KWWL TV. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Readlyn | - | 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.
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 Readlyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1866496 | 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 460544. 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.



