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Struble, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elgin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51031. The Survey maps it on the Maurice quadrangle. 67 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.

Struble within Plymouth County

Population over time

2 figures

Struble fell from 78 to 67 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
201078
202067-11 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Struble between 2008 and 2018, burning about 62 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/undetermined2
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
29 April 2018Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources4979 HICKORY AVE., IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Struble: 9 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E C Lynch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J P BoeverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LaughtonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Struble PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
W H DeeganSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Plymouth County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Struble in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 1994HailStruble$50,000Mostly F1 strength, intermittent path at beginning and end.
July 2025FloodStruble-The Floyd River at Le Mars briefly rose above flood stage on the afternoon of July 31st, cresting around 0.1 feet above flood stage (20.1 ft). The river then quickly fell below flood stage on the evening of July 31st.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Struble-A tornado spun up in an open field around 4 miles southwest of Struble, about one-half mile south of 130th Street and just west of Kestrel Avenue. The tornado tracked to the northeast for one-half mile before destroying an outbuilding and blowing out a garage door on a single family dwelling on the east side of Kestrel Avenue. The tornado continued northeast for around one mile before it uprooted a one-foot diameter tree at another farmstead before it lifted shortly thereafter. The maximum estimated wind speed was 105 mph and the average path width was 25 yards.
June 2024FloodStruble-The Floyd River at Le Mars rose above flood stage the afternoon of June 22nd, cresting around 7.95 feet above flood stage (27.95 feet) on June 23rd. This crest is in the Major Stage. The river then fell below flood stage on the morning of June 25th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Plymouth County.
June 2024FloodStruble-The West Branch of the Floyd River near Struble rose above flood stage the morning of June 22nd, cresting around 4.19 feet above flood stage (18.19 feet) on June 22nd. This crest is in the Major Stage and broke the previous record. The river then fell below flood stage on the afternoon of June 23rd. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Plymouth County.
March 2019FloodStruble-Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.97 inches 2 miles southeast of Sioux Center) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural lands. Numerous county roads around the gage site were flooded, including Ibex Avenue which sustained damage from the flowing water. The West Branch of the Floyd River near Struble (gage site STUI4) reached the highest stage on record cresting 2.41 feet above flood stage on March 14.
May 2019FloodStruble-The West Branch of the Floyd River near Struble (gage site STUI4) reached a crest of 0.35 feet above flood stage on May 28. The main impact was inundation of agricultural land, which further delayed spring planting.
March 2019FloodStruble-Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.52 inches near Le Mars) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural lands. A few county roads near Le Mars were inundated, including 160th St. near Highway 60. Water covered a large amount of the airport near crest time. The recreation trail along the river was destroyed, and most bridges damaged at the municipal golf course. A gas line was sheared off by ice moving through the flood waters, severing service to 95 residences. The Floyd River at Le Mars (gage site LMRI4) reached the third highest stage on record cresting 5.84 feet above flood stage on March 14.
June 2018FloodStruble-A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 4 to 8 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 24. Weekly rainfall totaled 9.11 inches near Sioux Center, 7.36 inches at Sheldon, 7.31 inches at Sibley, 6.13 inches at Sanborn, 5.50 inches at Orange City and 4.69 inches at Le Mars. Major flooding occurred with significant amounts of crop and pasture land inundated. Water covered the northbound lanes of state highway 60 near Le Mars as the Floyd River at Le Mars (gage site LMRI4) crested 4.5 feet above flood stage on June 22. The river fell briefly below flood stage on June 24, but then rose again to a moderate flood crest at 3.0 feet above flood stage on June 27. The river dropped below flood stage on June 28.
June 2018FloodStruble-A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 4 to 8 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 24. Weekly rainfall totaled 5.50 inches at Orange City and 4.69 inches at Le Mars. Moderate flooding occurred with significant amounts of crop and pasture land inundated as the West Branch of the Floyd River near Struble (gage site STUI4) crested 1.5 feet above flood stage on June 22. The river dropped below briefly below flood stage on June 22. but then reached a second moderate crest 1.2 feet above flood stage on June 25. The river fell below flood stage on June 27.
September 2018FloodStruble-Widespread rainfall from September 18-20 totaled generally 5 to 10 inches, resulting in record flooding. Numerous county roads were inundated with flood water in southern Sioux and northern Plymouth counties near Struble and Maurice. The West Branch of the Floyd River near Struble (gage site STUI4) crested at a record 2.2 feet above flood stage on September 21.
September 2018FloodStruble-Widespread rainfall from September 18-20 totaled generally 5 to 10 inches, resulting in record flooding. Flood waters flowed across State Highway 3 for the first time on record, and portions of State Highway 60 along with numerous county roads suffered inundation of flood waters. The Floyd River at Le Mars (gage site LMRI4) crested at a record 6.4 feet above flood stage on September 21.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindStruble-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several limbs blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindStruble-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
June 2014HailStruble-no account filed
September 2002HailStruble-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Plymouth 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
Seney4.5 miles10
Mammen6.0 miles9
Craig6.1 miles9
Parkview Terrace7.0 miles10
Brunsville7.1 miles9
Le Mars7.2 miles10
West Le Mars7.2 miles10
Oyens8.9 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 StrubleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2247712The 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 462040. 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.