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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.

Readlyn within Bremer County

Population over time

2 figures

Readlyn 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.

YearPeople Change
2010808
2020845+37 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

14 since 2008

Regional 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2020Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning9.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2019Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nolte PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

22 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013HailReadlyn$25,000no account filed
September 2016FloodReadlyn$20,000Iowa DOT reported IA Highway 3 closed near Readlyn due to flooding. Detour in place.
May 2004HailReadlyn$20,000no account filed
April 2014HailReadlyn$15,000Vehicles damaged with large dents and some roof dents as well.
June 2013HailReadlyn$15,000no account filed
April 2014HailReadlyn$10,000no account filed
June 2013HailReadlyn$10,000no account filed
June 2013HailReadlyn$10,000no account filed
June 2013HailReadlyn$5,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindReadlyn$5,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindReadlyn$5,000no account filed
June 2013HailReadlyn$3,000no account filed
May 2004HailReadlyn$3,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindReadlyn$2,000no account filed
May 2003HailReadlyn$2,000no account filed
April 2010HailReadlyn$1,000no account filed
May 2024HailReadlyn-Quarter size hail in Readlyn.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindReadlyn-Crops flattened and trees down about 1 mile west of Readlyn.
September 2020HailReadlyn-KWWL relayed a public report of golf ball sized hail.
June 2018Funnel CloudReadlyn-KWWL relayed a viewer photo of a funnel cloud.
September 2011Heavy RainReadlyn-Rainfall total of 2.7 inches, Received from KWWL TV.
May 2003HailReadlyn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Wapsie1.6 miles9
Knittel2.0 miles10
Klinger3.2 miles9
Buck Creek5.9 miles9
Artesian6.2 miles10
Denver6.3 miles10
Miner6.6 miles9
Tripoli7.5 miles9

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 ReadlynAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1866496The 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.