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.
Population over time
2 figuresRyan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 361 | |
| 2020 | 350 | -11 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Ryan quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Ryan | $500,000 | Continued 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | $250,000 | Wind 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down several power lines south of Highway 20 across Delaware County around 808 am June 19. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph ripped the soffit from a house just east of Ryan, IA around 808 am June 19. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | $12,000 | Barn down |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ryan | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Ryan | - | Report received from Mping. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | Spotter estimated wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | Emergency manager reported a 61 mph wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | House damage and roof blown off of a shed in Ryan. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ryan | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | The county emergency manager reported wind gusts of up to 70 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | The local fire department reported a measured wind gust of 77 knots. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | 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 2013 | Hail | Ryan | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Ryan, IA near Highway 13 at 1000 am CDT April 29. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | The public reported a 60 mph wind gust near Ryan. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ryan | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Ryan, IA at 507 pm. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | A 60 mph wind gust was measured in Ryan, IA around 215 pm August 9. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Ryan, IA at 6:52 pm June 8. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ryan | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Ryan, IA at 550 pm July 10. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ryan | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some 12 inch diameter tree limbs in Ryan, IA at 1225 pm July 10. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Ryan | - | Hail up to the size of a quarter fell in a small area near Ryan, IA. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ryan | - | penny to nickel size hail for 5 minutes |
| April 2007 | Hail | Ryan | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ryan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ehler | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hazel Green | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Robinson | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Buck Creek | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Manchester | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Delhi | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Masonville | 10.6 miles | 10 |
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 Ryan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q521423 | 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 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.







