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Salix, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51052. The Survey maps it on the Salix quadrangle. 295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.

Salix within Woodbury County

Population over time

2 figures

Salix fell from 363 to 295 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
2010363
2020295-68 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Salix between 2014 and 2016, burning about 41 acres in total. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
10 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2014Arson/incendiarism35 acresWinnebago AgencyROSALIE #004
17 April 2015Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresWinnebago AgencyWENDYS
15 March 2015Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWinnebago AgencyBIG BEAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodbury County

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salix in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 27 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSalix1 hurt, $200,000no account filed
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Salix$250,000The tornado touched down near Buchanan Avenue between 230th and 240th streets and moved north northeast, impacting four farmsteads. One machine shed was completely destroyed with debris deposited about 1 mile downstream in an open field. Several other outbuildings were damaged along the track along with a few trees. The tornado lifted just east of the intersection of Old Highway 141 and County Home Road. The average path width was 50 yards and the maximum estimated wind speed was 105 mph. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSalix$100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and caused other scattered damage to structures, as well as tree damage.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSalix$5,000no account filed
July 1994TornadoSalix$50Following the passage of the cold front the previous night, Iowa was under a cyclonic flow regime. Unseasonably cold air aloft made conditions conducive for convective development during the later part of the afternoon. One thunderstorm moved into southwest Woodbury County. A tornado touched down briefly near Salix in an open area. It is believed that this tornado was the product of a brief touch down of a cold air funnel.
December 2021Tornado (EFU)Salix-A public video revealed that a tornado briefly spun up in an open field southwest of Salix between Benton Avenue and Interstate 29 north of 290th Street. The tornado traveled north northeast and lifted just south of 280th Street. The average path width was estimated at 20 yards.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSalix-A few trees downed.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including one tree blown down onto a highway.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few branches blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, and blew up a large amount of dust before rain began.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of damage to corn crops. The winds were accompanied by pea size hail.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large branches.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off a roof and caused tree damage, including large branches blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
March 2009HailSalix-Large hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindSalix-Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts were accompanied by large hail.
July 2008HailSalix-Large hail was accompanied by 40 mph winds.
September 2007HailSalix-Large hail was accompanied by estimated 50 mph wind gusts.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds blew down one to two inch diameter branches and a few power poles.
May 2004HailSalix-Large hail damaged vehicles and cracked windows. The amount of damage was not known.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including three inch diameter limbs blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and blew down power lines.
April 2001HailSalix-Large hail caused damage to vehicles and other property, but the amount of damage was not known.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSalix-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including two inch diameter limbs blown down.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Salix-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2024HailSalix-no account filed
June 2024HailSalix-no account filed
June 2014HailSalix-no account filed
April 2011HailSalix-no account filed
April 2011HailSalix-no account filed
April 2011HailSalix-no account filed
May 2011HailSalix-no account filed
March 2009HailSalix-no account filed
June 2009HailSalix-no account filed
June 2008HailSalix-no account filed
June 2008HailSalix-no account filed
June 2008HailSalix-no account filed
July 2008HailSalix-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSalix-no account filed
March 2006HailSalix-no account filed
March 2006HailSalix-no account filed
April 2005HailSalix-no account filed
May 2004HailSalix-no account filed
June 2003HailSalix-no account filed
August 2002HailSalix-no account filed
July 1999HailSalix-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSalix-no account filed
June 1998HailSalix-no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodSalix-no account filed
September 1997HailSalix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodbury 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
Luton3.9 miles9
Sloan6.1 miles9
Owego7.3 miles9
Sergeant Bluff7.6 miles12
Glen Ellen7.8 miles12
Estates West7.9 miles12
Bronson8.1 miles9
Climbing Hill11.4 miles9

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 SalixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925850The 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 461380. 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.

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.