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Robins, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52328. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids North quadrangle. 3,353 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Robins within Linn County

Population over time

2 figures

Robins grew from 3,142 to 3,353 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
20103,142
20203,353+211 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Robins between 2003 and 2017, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2004Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 June 2012Naturalunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 April 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Robins: 11 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fishel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shaefer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Aggregates Inc. Site No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cedar Rapids Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robins in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004HailRobins$20,000Also reported by the public.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRobins$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph damaged the roofs of some houses and destroyed a shed about 2 miles east northeast of Hiawatha, IA at 802 pm CDT June 8.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Robins$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailRobins-Reported on Mping. Time estimated using radar data.
April 2026HailRobins-Relayed by emergency management.
May 2024HailRobins-A lot of penny size hail with some as big as quarters. The time was estimated by radar data.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRobins-A public report of a 1 foot diameter tree branch down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRobins-A trained spotter reported power outages from the thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRobins-A two foot diameter tree was blown down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRobins-A four inch diameter tree branch blown down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRobins-A trained spotter reported a large 1 foot diameter tree down across the street. Several smaller branches were also observed down as well.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRobins-In Robins a 40 foot oak tree was uprooted and many tree branches down. On the north side of town numerous trees snapped off about 3 feet above the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRobins-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed 2 miles east northeast of Hiawatha, IA at 755 pm CDT June 8. Some branches were blown down and a picnic table was overturned.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRobins-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several trees in Robins, IA at 813 pm CDT June 8.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRobins-A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a trained spotter near Hiawatha, IA at 6:40 pm June 8.
May 2004Heavy RainRobins-Water ponding on roads
June 2002Flash FloodRobins-Main Street bridge closed due to high water.
April 2020HailRobins-no account filed
July 2017HailRobins-no account filed
June 2015HailRobins-no account filed
June 2015HailRobins-no account filed
June 2011HailRobins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Sunset Village1.8 miles18
Hiawatha Oak Brook Court2.2 miles18
Hiawatha2.6 miles18
Louisa2.7 miles18
Midway2.9 miles18
New Buffalo3.2 miles18
Toddville3.3 miles18
Lindale Manor3.4 miles18

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 RobinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1926058The 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 460699. 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.