Redding, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50860. The Survey maps it on the Blockton quadrangle. 63 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.
On record in Redding
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Middlefork Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresRedding fell from 82 to 63 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 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 63 | -19 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1940 USGS Blockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Blockton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Blockton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Redding between 1992 and 2013, burning about 13 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 January 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Redding: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redding in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Redding | $200,000 | This tornado crossed into Ringgold County, Iowa from Worth County in Missouri shortly after developing. The tornado widened to around 300 yards as it travelled northeast remaining to the southeast of both Redding and Delphos. The tornado interacted with several different farmsteads producing mainly EF1 damage to houses and outbuildings. There was ample tree damage along the path as well. The tornado eventually lifted to the east of Delphos. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Redding | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Redding | $10,000 | Baseball size hail was measured along 325th street. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Redding | $10,000 | Water covering Highway P27 with ditches full of water. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Redding | $5,000 | Also the top of a green house was blown off. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redding | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Redding | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Redding | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Redding | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Redding | - | Trained spotter reported a persistent funnel lasting over 5 minutes. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Redding | - | Emergency manager received report of heavy rainfall of 7 inches storm total. Exact end time of report unknown. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Redding | - | Rainfall this afternoon and evening was 3.16 inches. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Redding | - | A spotter had a 5 inch rain gage that overflowed. Estimate of 6 inches of rain based on a nearby neighbor receiving 6 inches in their rain gage. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Redding | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Redding | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delphos | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maloy | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Benton | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Watterson | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Marshall (historical) | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ringgold (historical) | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Ayr | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Caledonia (historical) | 12.0 miles | 12 |
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 Redding | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926068 | 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 460563. 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.






