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.
Population over time
2 figuresToronto 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 124 | |
| 2020 | 102 | -22 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lost Nation quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1431 160TH ST., LOST NATION, IOWA |
| 12 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Murray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Toronto Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Toronto | $646,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $500,000 | Heavy 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 2009 | Flood | Toronto | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $250,000 | Heavy 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 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flood | Toronto | $125,000 | Heavy 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 2010 | Flood | Toronto | $125,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | Several trees were blown down in Toronto, Iowa. |
| May 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Toronto | - | A rotating wall cloud was reported, with a funnel that did not touch the ground. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Toronto | - | COOP observer reports damaged soybean crops between Toronto and Wheatland due to hail. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Toronto | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Toronto | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Toronto, IA at 455 pm CDT May 22. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Toronto | - | Wapsipinicon River out of it's banks. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Flood | Toronto | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Nation | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wheatland | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Calamus | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elwood | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bliedorn | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Mound | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Buena Vista | 13.0 miles | 18 | |
| North Welton | 13.8 miles | 14 |
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 Toronto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1013097 | 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 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.








