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Toronto, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52777. The Survey maps it on the Lost Nation quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Toronto within Clinton County

Population over time

2 figures

Toronto fell from 124 to 102 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
2010124
2020102-22 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Toronto between 2009 and 2017, burning about 22 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1431 160TH ST., LOST NATION, IOWA
12 April 2017Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2015Smoking1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toronto: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Murray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Toronto QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toronto in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 12 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2008FloodToronto$646,000no account filed
June 2010FloodToronto$500,000Heavy rains during the third week of June resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at De Witt going above the moderate flood stage level of 11.5 feet on June 17 around 630 am. After briefly falling back below 11.5 feet, it crested above the major flood stage around 13.2 feet around 7 pm June 22. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 7 pm June 28.
August 2009FloodToronto$500,000no account filed
May 2010FloodToronto$250,000Heavy rains during the second week of May resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at De Witt going above the moderate flood stage level of 11.5 feet on May 18 around 1 pm. It crested around 11.9 feet around 1 am May 21. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 1 am May 23.
July 2010FloodToronto$250,000no account filed
July 2010FloodToronto$250,000no account filed
July 2010FloodToronto$150,000no account filed
May 2009FloodToronto$125,000Heavy rains during the last week of April resulted in the Wapsipinicon River near De Witt going above the moderate flood stage level of 11.5 feet around 6 pm on May 2. It crested around 11.89 feet around 11 am on May 4. It fell back below its moderate flood stage level around 1 am May 6.
August 2010FloodToronto$125,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindToronto-Door blown off a small outbuilding, and a window blown out of a barn. A tree blown down nearby. The time was estimated using radar data.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindToronto-Widespread straight-line winds that produced extensive damage were reported throughout Clinton County, associated with a derecho. These winds lasted around an hour in total at any one location, even though the initial line of storms moved out quickly. Damaging straight-line winds continued and were associated with the rear inflow jet. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 80 to 100 MPH for much of the county with winds over 100 MPH in the city of Clinton. These estimates were determined based off damage reports and photos submitted through social media. The Clinton Airport AWOS reported a peak gust of 74 MPH with winds over 60 MPH for 45 minutes. In addition, a radio transmission tower collapsed at KMCN in Clinton with significant damage to the roof. The wind speed estimate with transmission tower collapse was 130 MPH. The duration of strong winds caused extensive damage to most trees, powerlines, crops, and structures in their path. The widespread damage also resulted in long duration power outages.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindToronto-Several trees were blown down in Toronto, Iowa.
May 2020Funnel CloudToronto-A rotating wall cloud was reported, with a funnel that did not touch the ground.
June 2015HailToronto-COOP observer reports damaged soybean crops between Toronto and Wheatland due to hail.
June 2014FloodToronto-Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at De Witt going above the major flood stage level of 12.5 feet on June 26 around 550 pm CDT. It crested at a new record high level around 14.32 feet around 145 pm July 2. It fell below the major flood stage level around 1 am CDT July 11.
May 2011HailToronto-Golf ball sized hail fell in Toronto, IA at 455 pm CDT May 22.
June 2002Flash FloodToronto-Wapsipinicon River out of it's banks.
April 2013FloodToronto-no account filed
May 2006FloodToronto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Lost Nation4.7 miles13
Wheatland5.2 miles15
Calamus7.8 miles15
Elwood8.9 miles13
Bliedorn9.9 miles13
Grand Mound12.7 miles15
Buena Vista13.0 miles18
North Welton13.8 miles14

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 TorontoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1013097The 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 462280. 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.