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.
Population over time
2 figuresRobins 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,142 | |
| 2020 | 3,353 | +211 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cedar Rapids North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Cedar Rapids North quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cedar Rapids North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2003Regional 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 ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Robins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shaefer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aggregates Inc. Site No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cedar Rapids Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Robins | $20,000 | Also reported by the public. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | $10,000 | Wind 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 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Robins | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Robins | - | Reported on Mping. Time estimated using radar data. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Robins | - | Relayed by emergency management. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Robins | - | A lot of penny size hail with some as big as quarters. The time was estimated by radar data. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A public report of a 1 foot diameter tree branch down. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A trained spotter reported power outages from the thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A two foot diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A four inch diameter tree branch blown down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A trained spotter reported a large 1 foot diameter tree down across the street. Several smaller branches were also observed down as well. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several trees in Robins, IA at 813 pm CDT June 8. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robins | - | A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a trained spotter near Hiawatha, IA at 6:40 pm June 8. |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Robins | - | Water ponding on roads |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Robins | - | Main Street bridge closed due to high water. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Robins | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Robins | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Robins | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Robins | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Robins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Village | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hiawatha Oak Brook Court | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hiawatha | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Louisa | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Midway | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Buffalo | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Toddville | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lindale Manor | 3.4 miles | 18 |
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 Robins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926058 | 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 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.










