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Rudd, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rudd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50471. The Survey maps it on the Rudd quadrangle. 358 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Rudd within Floyd County

Population over time

2 figures

Rudd fell from 369 to 358 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
2010369
2020358-11 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rudd between 2009 and 2012, burning about 8 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3

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
25 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1398 160TH ST., IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rudd: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Mahoney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rudd in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Rudd$1,150,000The third tornado of the night in Floyd County formed just to the southwest of Rudd, moved northeast directly through the town and dissipated along Business U.S. Highway 18 on the north edge of town. Extensive damage occurred in the town with numerous homes sustaining damage with some roofs completely blown off. The roof of the library was removed with damage sustained to almost all the books in the building. A church on the north side of town also sustained heavy damage as did the towns water treatment plant. Water and power were not expected to be restored for several days. Classes for the Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock school district were canceled for December 16th but the building in Rockford was open to the public for showers, warmth and served breakfast and lunch to those in need.
July 2021Tornado (EF1)Rudd$60,000An EF1 tornado developed between Rudd and Rockford and moved east before dissipating northwest of Charles City. The roof of a home near Rockford sustained some damage. Near the end of the path, a hog confinement building was heavily damaged, trees were downed and windows blown out of a house. Otherwise, the damage was limited to crops.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Rudd$15,000An EF0 tornado developed northeast of Nora Springs and moved northeast across rural parts of Floyd County before moving into Mitchell County. Damage appeared to be limited and mainly to trees.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRudd$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Rudd.
May 2000HailRudd$7,500no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRudd$2,000Trees were snapped off north of Rudd.
May 2006HailRudd$750no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRudd-The fire department estimated a 70 mph wind gust just west of Rudd.
June 2009Funnel CloudRudd-A funnel cloud was reported at 190th Street and Glass Avenue by several groups, including spotters and the broadcast media.
May 2012HailRudd-no account filed
May 2004HailRudd-no account filed
June 2004Tornado (F0)Rudd-no account filed
September 2001HailRudd-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Nora Springs5.4 miles8
Rockford5.6 miles7
Nora Junction5.9 miles8
Carney (historical)8.4 miles7
Floyd9.0 miles7
Floyd Crossing9.0 miles7
Roseville9.5 miles7
Oakwood10.6 miles7

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 RuddAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925644The 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 460844. 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.