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Ryan, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52330. The Survey maps it on the Ryan quadrangle. 350 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.

Ryan within Delaware County

Population over time

2 figures

Ryan fell from 361 to 350 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
2010361
2020350-11 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ryan in 2009, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined1

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
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ryan: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ryan in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Ryan$500,000Continued from Linn County. An EF1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of up to 100 mph touched down near Lafayette, IA around 452 pm and proceeded to track northeast crossing the Linn-Delaware County line around 510 pm, finally lifting just north of Buck Creek, IA around 530 pm. Several farms sustained structural and equipment damage, trees were uprooted or snapped off, some camping trailers were destroyed, and several power lines were blown down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindRyan$500,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRyan$250,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph destroyed some large grain bins at the Ryan, IA COOP around 803 am June 19. In addition, several trees were blown down in town and roof damage was widespread. This report was relayed by the Emergency Manager.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRyan$100,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down several power lines south of Highway 20 across Delaware County around 808 am June 19.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRyan$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph ripped the soffit from a house just east of Ryan, IA around 808 am June 19.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRyan$12,000Barn down
April 2006HailRyan$2,000no account filed
April 2026HailRyan-Report received from Mping.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRyan-Spotter estimated wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRyan-Emergency manager reported a 61 mph wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRyan-House damage and roof blown off of a shed in Ryan.
May 2018HailRyan-A delayed public report was received via social media of hail up to the size of pennies. The hail lasted for approximately 2 minutes.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRyan-The county emergency manager reported wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRyan-The local fire department reported a measured wind gust of 77 knots.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindRyan-The county emergency manager reported a 40 X 60 ft pole barn was destroyed and rolled into another building. The time was estimated by radar.
April 2013HailRyan-Quarter sized hail fell in Ryan, IA near Highway 13 at 1000 am CDT April 29.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRyan-The public reported a 60 mph wind gust near Ryan.
April 2009HailRyan-Quarter-sized hail fell in Ryan, IA at 507 pm.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRyan-A 60 mph wind gust was measured in Ryan, IA around 215 pm August 9.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRyan-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Ryan, IA at 6:52 pm June 8.
July 2008HailRyan-Quarter-sized hail fell in Ryan, IA at 550 pm July 10.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRyan-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some 12 inch diameter tree limbs in Ryan, IA at 1225 pm July 10.
July 2007HailRyan-Hail up to the size of a quarter fell in a small area near Ryan, IA.
July 2006HailRyan-penny to nickel size hail for 5 minutes
April 2007HailRyan-no account filed
June 1997HailRyan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Golden2.8 miles12
Ehler3.3 miles10
Hazel Green5.0 miles12
Robinson5.2 miles10
Buck Creek7.5 miles12
Manchester9.3 miles12
Delhi9.6 miles12
Masonville10.6 miles10

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 RyanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q521423The 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 460870. 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.