State Center, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in State Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50247. The Survey maps it on the State Center quadrangle. 1,391 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.
On record in State Center
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Dobbin Round Barnlisted 1986
Watson's Grocerylisted 1998- Home Oil Service Stationlisted 2025
- Louis F. and Emma M. (Edler) Wohlert House-Emma Wohlert Maternity Homelisted 2024
- August and Josephine Riemenschneider Farmsteadlisted 2022
- State Center Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresState Center fell from 1,468 to 1,391 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 | 1,468 | |
| 2020 | 1,391 | -77 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS State Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of State Center between 2006 and 2020, burning about 90 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | 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 State Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names State Center in 62 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 23 hail, 9 heavy rain, 4 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | State Center | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | State Center | $150,000 | Intermittent track |
| May 1998 | Hail | State Center | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | State Center | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | State Center | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | State Center | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | State Center | $25,000 | Water was reported flowing over Highway 30. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | State Center | $25,000 | Water was reported flowing over Highway 30. In addition, water was flowing over Highway 65 near Zearing and just south of Colo. Numerous county roads have water over them. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | State Center | $20,000 | Tornado tracked across open country but did damage trees, sheds, and a grain bin. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $15,000 | Several ten inch limbs down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $15,000 | Part of a metal roof was blown off part of a car wash and a portion of a gas station canopy was blown off. A storage shed was pushed four feet off the foundation by high winds. |
| June 2011 | Hail | State Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | State Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | State Center | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| May 2010 | Hail | State Center | $10,000 | Marshall County EM relayed a report of quarter to walnut size hail covering the ground at State Center. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | State Center | $10,000 | Tornado tracked through rural areas of Marshall County west of State Center. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | State Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | Three power lines downed. Wind tied to outflow boundary ahead of the storm. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | Pea to dime size hail with the wind. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $3,000 | Four to six inch tree branches down with power outages. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | State Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | State Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | State Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | State Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Trained spotter relayed 24 hr heavy rainfall of 3.75 inches. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Event total of 2.95 inches. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Public report via social media of 1.9 inches of rain between 4:45pm and 5:45pm CDT. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Public measured 1.95 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | State Center | - | Emergency manager reported significant damage in State Center with numerous cars blown off US 30 and flipped. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Marshall county Emergency Manager measured 4.20 inches of total rainfall for the event. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Updated 24 hour rainfall amount of approximately 6.40 inches reported by the county Emergency Manager. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Emergency manager reported heavy rainfall of 6.38 inches storm total. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Rainfall total was 4.94 inches. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | State Center | - | Rainfall total was 3.94 inches. |
| April 2010 | Hail | State Center | - | A few stones of nickel size; pea size hail nearly covered the ground. |
| April 2015 | Hail | State Center | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | State Center | - | 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.
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 State Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1913026 | 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 461964. 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.




