Rhodes, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50234. The Survey maps it on the Rhodes quadrangle. 271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRhodes fell from 305 to 271 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 | 305 | |
| 2020 | 271 | -34 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Rhodes quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rhodes between 2006 and 2019, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3010 HART AVE, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rhodes: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhodes in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Rhodes | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Rhodes | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhodes | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhodes | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported roof damage to an outbuilding, trees damaged, and fencing down. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Rhodes | $5,000 | Water was reported over Durham Ave about three miles south of State Center. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhodes | $5,000 | Tree branches down. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Rhodes | $2,000 | Intermittent path |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rhodes | $1,000 | Intermittent track as tornado moved in from Jasper County and roped out. |
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Rhodes | - | Several different videos of this tornado as it started over State Highway 330 and move mostly northward. It moved through a few different groves of tree producing EF0 damage. Otherwise, it remained in rural areas with no damage to any structures. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Rhodes | - | Trained spotter reported quarter inch hail. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Rhodes | - | Public reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Rhodes | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Rhodes | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edenville | 0.2 miles | 8 | |
| Melbourne | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Malta | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| State Center | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| State Center Junction | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Van Cleve | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Van | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| LaMoille | 10.7 miles | 9 |
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 Rhodes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925887 | 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 460599. 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.





