Renwick, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50577. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Renwick quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
On record in Renwick
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
Renwick Generating Plantlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresRenwick fell from 242 to 234 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 | 242 | |
| 2020 | 234 | -8 (-3%) |
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
- 1972 USGS Renwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Renwick in 2012, burning about 21 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 2012 | Smoking | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Renwick: 6 past producers, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amosson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renwick in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renwick | $100,000 | Law Enforcement reported one-third of a roof gone from an implement and farm supply store. Additionally, a camper on its side, multiple power lines down, and large trees down throughout town blocking numerous streets. A grain bin was also reported collapsed at the Co-op. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Renwick | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Renwick | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Renwick | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Renwick | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Renwick | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renwick | $2,000 | Public reported several large trees down in town. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Renwick | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Renwick | - | Humboldt County Emergency Manager and County Dispatch relayed multiple received reports of funnel clouds in the area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Renwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Renwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thor | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Livermore | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Arnold | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Dakota City | 13.6 miles | 11 | |
| Humboldt | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jones Siding | 15.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bode | 16.6 miles | 8 |
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 Renwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925945 | 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 460588. 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.



