Toledo, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Toledo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52342. It stands on Minnow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tama quadrangle. 2,369 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
On record in Toledo
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 5 records
First United Brethren Churchlisted 2017
Hope Fire Company Engine Houselisted 1983
Tama County Courthouselisted 1981
Tama County Jaillisted 1981
Wieting Theaterlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresToledo grew from 2,341 to 2,369 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 | 2,341 | |
| 2020 | 2,369 | +28 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Tama quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grinnell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
332 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Toledo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,439 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 were 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 | 142 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Sac and Fox Agency | TRANSFORM |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sac and Fox Agency | 3024 F AVE |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sac and Fox Agency | DAVENPORT |
| 3 August 2019 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Sac and Fox Agency | 163 CIRCLE |
| 26 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Sac and Fox Agency | F AVE WIRE |
| 25 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sac and Fox Agency | LINCOLN |
| 2 August 2013 | Smoking | 3.0 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 Toledo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatt's Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toledo in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 11 heavy rain, 8 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $300,000 | A 180 foot radio tower was snapped with many trees down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $200,000 | Trees and power lines down all over the place. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $150,000 | Barn and brick silo flattened. Many trees down, some 3 feet in diameter. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Toledo | $100,000 | Numerous roads were under water around the county. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Toledo | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Toledo | $10,000 | An inch of rain fell in under an hour, causing minor flash flooding. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Toledo | $10,000 | Winds were also estimated at 60 to 70 MPH. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Toledo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $5,000 | Delayed report of power pole damage north of Montour. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in Toledo. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $3,000 | Trees down in the area, and the corn was blown down. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Toledo | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $2,000 | Four to five inch diameter walnut tree branches were blown down by high wind. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Toledo | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $1,000 | Toledo Fire Department reports wind gusting to 60 MPH about 2 miles north of Toledo. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Meskwaki area. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Coop observer reported 24 hr heavy rainfall of 3.33 inches. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Public measured 2.7 inches of rain. Beginning time estimated by radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Emergency manager reported wind gusts over 70 mph and that a tree fell on the office. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A coop observer reported a 60 by 90 foot machine shed completely demolished. Neighbors empty grain bins were blown across highway 63. Several large trees are snapped or uprooted. A 78 mph wind gust was reported before the weather station gave out. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.28 inches. Beginning and ending times estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Toledo | - | Emergency manager reported golf ball hail at Highway 63 and 275th St. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.07 inches over the last 24 hours. Due to database entry limitation, beginning time coded as midnight CST. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.02 inches. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.48 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Rainfall during the past 24 hours was 2.02 inches. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 1.47 inches. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Rainfall since midnight was 3.92 inches. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Rainfall total for the previous 24 hours ending 0600 CST was 1.89 inches. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Toledo | - | Rainfall of 1.36 inches received from KWWL. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Toledo | - | Tornado touched down briefly in open fields northeast of Tama. No damage occurred. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Toledo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tama | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mesquakie Indian Settlement | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gladstone | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Potter | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Long Point | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Montour | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Helena | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Garwin | 8.6 miles | 9 |
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 Toledo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1918024 | 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 462271. 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.





