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Redfield, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50233. It stands on Middle Raccoon River. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle. 731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.

Redfield within Dallas County

On record in Redfield

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

Population over time

2 figures

Redfield fell from 835 to 731 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
2010835
2020731-104 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 2006 and 2018, burning about 176 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4

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
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources2359 OLD HWY 6 F-29 ROAD, IA
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2015Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Redfield: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dudley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Feller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Goodwin Brick and Tile CompanyClayPast Producer
Redfield PitClayProducer
Redfield PlantClayProducer
Talbot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

27 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redfield in 27 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
April 2007FloodRedfield$500,000no account filed
May 2007FloodRedfield$50,000no account filed
May 2001HailRedfield$20,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield$15,000Six to 8 inch diameter limbs blown down. A 12 inch diameter tree was also down.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindRedfield$15,000no account filed
May 2004HailRedfield$15,000no account filed
May 2001HailRedfield$15,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Very large tree downed across the road. Power lines down as well.
June 2008FloodRedfield$10,000no account filed
July 2008FloodRedfield$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000Emergency manager reported tree over powerline in Redfield.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000Public reported a 2 foot diameter tree fell on I Ave.
May 2005HailRedfield$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000no account filed
April 2002HailRedfield$5,000no account filed
April 2002HailRedfield$5,000no account filed
May 2001HailRedfield$5,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRedfield$2,000no account filed
May 2000HailRedfield$1,000no account filed
October 2019Heavy RainRedfield-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.12 inches over the past 24 hours.
May 2019Heavy RainRedfield-CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.43 inches over the last 24 hours.
June 2015Funnel CloudRedfield-Trained spotter reported rotation and a funnel cloud 1/2 mile north of Redfield on Linden Rd.
June 2015HailRedfield-Emergency Manager reported half dollar sized hail.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Several 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were down near the high school.
May 2001HailRedfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Wiscotta0.7 miles14
Kennedy4.0 miles14
Dexter5.2 miles14
Linden5.4 miles11
Quarry7.5 miles14
Garretville7.9 miles14
Panther8.3 miles14
Adel9.6 miles14

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 RedfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925955The 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 460567. 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.