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.
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
- Redfield GAR Halllisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresRedfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 835 | |
| 2020 | 731 | -104 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Adel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Adel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2359 OLD HWY 6 F-29 ROAD, IA |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dudley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Feller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Goodwin Brick and Tile Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Redfield Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Redfield Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Talbot Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Flood | Redfield | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flood | Redfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Redfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $15,000 | Six to 8 inch diameter limbs blown down. A 12 inch diameter tree was also down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Redfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Redfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $10,000 | Very large tree downed across the road. Power lines down as well. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Redfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flood | Redfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported tree over powerline in Redfield. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $5,000 | Public reported a 2 foot diameter tree fell on I Ave. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Redfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Redfield | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.12 inches over the past 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Redfield | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.43 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Redfield | - | Trained spotter reported rotation and a funnel cloud 1/2 mile north of Redfield on Linden Rd. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Redfield | - | Emergency Manager reported half dollar sized hail. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | Several 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were down near the high school. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Redfield | - | 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 Redfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925955 | 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 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.







