Terril, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lloyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51364. The Survey maps it on the Terril quadrangle. 334 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTerril fell from 367 to 334 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 | 367 | |
| 2020 | 334 | -33 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Terril quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Terril in 2017, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Terril: 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
36 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terril in 36 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 19 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. Small hail driven by the winds broke windows. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | $1,000 | A two-foot diameter tree was snapped near the base. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Several small tree limbs downed by estimated 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Winds were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | A power pole was forced to lean over and several large tree branches were broken by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by mesonet station IATERRI4. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 62 mph were measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Terril | - | A brief landspout spun up near the intersection of 220th Street and 280th Avenue. The tornado traveled slowly eastward over barren cropland, dissipating before reaching 290th Avenue. The average path width was 10 yards. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | The roof was blown off the VFW building. A large tree was also broken in half. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including one tree uprooted. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a 14 inch diameter tree snapped. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Terril | - | A brief tornado tracked over open fields and caused no reported damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 12 inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Terril | - | Hail was mostly quarter size or smaller, with a few stones as large as golf balls. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Terril | - | Large hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few trees blown down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Terril | - | Large hail, driven by strong winds, caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 6 inch diameter limbs broken off. The winds were accompanied by quarter size hail. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terril | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Terril | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Terril | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Old Town | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Crows Nest Resort | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Arnolds Park | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Milford | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Village East Resort | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Spirit Lake | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| West Okoboji | 10.6 miles | 8 |
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 Terril | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1956539 | 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 462198. 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.



