Rutland, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rutland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50582. The Survey maps it on the Bode quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRutland fell from 126 to 113 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 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 113 | -13 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bode quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rutland: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradgate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bradgate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Erickson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rutland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rutland Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rutland in 17 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Rutland | $75,000 | This tornado also had a fishhook shape with the initial touchdown captured on video providing evidence of its northwest heading. This occurred just north of 180th Street west of Georgia Avenue. The tornado had more of a north heading upon crossing 170th Street and impacted a couple of farmstead, producing EF1 damage. The tornado continued to curve counter-clockwise eventually reaching a northeast heading. Upon crossing Iowa Avenue just north of 145th Street, numerous sizeable power poles were snapped with EF2 damage occurring. The tornado diminished about one and a quarter mile southeast of Bode, IA. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Rutland | $50,000 | A care center was evacuated by emergency personnel in Humboldt. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Rutland | $30,000 | This tornado started a few miles northwest of Rutland and moved northeast through rural portions of Humboldt County. The tornado snapped several large utility poles along Iowa Avenue south of Bode before lifting. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutland | $30,000 | Emergency Manager reported tree damage and equipment blown around in the yard. Tin siding was pulled from the outbuildings. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rutland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutland | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported large branches down along with nickel sized hail. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutland | $5,000 | Trees up to 12 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Rutland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Rutland | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Rutland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Rutland | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Rutland | - | Trained spotter reported a mix of pea to quarter sized hail and some branches of about an inch in diameter or less down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutland | - | Trained spotter reported corn laid flat by wind. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Rutland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rutland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Rutland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Humboldt | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dakota City | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Arnold | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bradgate | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Siding | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bode | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Gilmore City | 8.2 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 Rutland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925815 | 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 460867. 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.
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.




