Tiffin, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52340. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin quadrangle. 4,512 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTiffin grew from 1,947 to 4,512 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 | 1,947 | |
| 2020 | 4,512 | +2,565 (+132%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tiffin between 2006 and 2015, burning about 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Smoking | 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 Tiffin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klein Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiffin in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Tiffin | 1 hurt, $1,000 | Lightning struck a home at 283 Woodfield Drive in Tiffin, IA around 310 pm CDT August 20. A teenage male was shocked while using a laptop computer at the time of the lightning strike. The residence sustained minor damage. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Tiffin | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | $5,000 | power lines down |
| April 2006 | Hail | Tiffin | $500 | also reported by hams; dime to nickel size hail |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Trees blown down in Tiffin. The time was based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | A large 4 foot diameter tree down. Power lines also down. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Estimated 70 mph wind gust with the thunderstorm. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Several significant trees down over 1 foot and a half in diameter. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Estimated 75 mph winds with thunderstorm, with dime to nickel sized hail. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Estimated 70 to 80 mph wind gusts, with dust and reduced visibility. Also dime to nickel hail. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Thunderstorm winds threw a trampoline against a home, damaging the siding and driving a pole into the house. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | A trained spotter reported severe winds. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Tiffin | - | Law enforcement reported 4 inch deep water flowing across Highway 6 in Tiffin, and water 10 inches deep on Railroad Street. Trained spotters reported 3 inches of rain in 1 hour in Tiffin. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Torrential rain also reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Tiffin | - | A public report was received of penny sized hail. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Tiffin | - | Pictures of hail the size of quarters received via the KCRG Facebook page. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | The Emergency Manager for Johnson County reported a wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph on Interstate 80 west of Coraville near Tiffin. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Tiffin | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 1 mile west of Tiffin, IA at 541 pm April 5. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 80 mph 1 mile west of Tiffin, IA around 537 pm June 23. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew down some trees on Ireland and James Ave. Time estimated. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Tiffin | - | Many streets were under water. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Tiffin | - | Public report of a funnel cloud or possible tornado on the ground southwest of the Tiffin rest area on I-80. |
| June 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Tiffin | - | along I-380 |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Tiffin | - | Law enforcement reported a brief tornado touchdown in Tiffin. No damage resulted from the F0 tornado, and there were no injuries. |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Tiffin | - | Reported by public. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| October 2024 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| October 2024 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| October 2024 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Tiffin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hills Mobine Estates | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oakdale | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Vernon | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| North Liberty | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Green Castle (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Coralville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cosgrove | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| University Heights | 6.6 miles | 19 |
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 Tiffin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2247797 | 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 462241. 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.








