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Tripoli, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50676. It stands on Sweet Water Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tripoli quadrangle. 1,191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Tripoli within Bremer County

Population over time

2 figures

Tripoli fell from 1,313 to 1,191 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
20101,313
20201,191-122 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

15 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Tripoli between 2011 and 2020, burning about 132 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
13 May 2020Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1357 SABLE SUMNER, IA 50674, IA
31 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tripoli: 3 unknowns, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tripoli in 44 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 heavy rain, 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTripoli$100,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTripoli$50,000Damage was done to a home by microburst straight line winds estimated at 95 MPH.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTripoli$50,000Straight line microburst destroyed an old barn with winds estimated at 100 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTripoli$40,000Large trees were downed with 2 barns destroyed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTripoli$25,000Trees and powerlines were blown down throughout the area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTripoli$10,000Emergency manager reported downed limbs, at least two taking down power lines, unhealthy trees blown over, and power outage of about 30 minutes. This is a delayed report.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Tripoli$10,000Tornado was about 35 miles wide with a path of 500 yards. An abandon farm building was totally destroyed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTripoli$10,000no account filed
June 2013HailTripoli$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindTripoli$5,000no account filed
May 2003HailTripoli$5,000no account filed
June 2013HailTripoli$3,000no account filed
May 2011HailTripoli$3,000no account filed
May 2011HailTripoli$3,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTripoli$2,000Several tree limbs and branches down in Tripoli.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTripoli$1,000Broadcast media reported that a two foot diameter tree was snapped.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTripoli$1,000KWWL shared a public image of a downed tree in Tripoli due to strong winds. Time estimated via radar.
April 2025HailTripoli-Numerous hailstones pictured with the largest up to ping pong ball sized.
June 2022Heavy RainTripoli-A 24 hour rain total of 3.90 inches.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTripoli-Reports of trees downed and semi overturned in the Tripoli area.
May 2020Heavy RainTripoli-CO-OP report of 3 inches of rain in 3 hours.
June 2020Heavy RainTripoli-Co-op observer in Tripoli reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.86 inches.
August 2018Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.92 inches over the last 24 hours.
June 2018Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.72 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2018Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.05 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2018Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.32 inches over the last 24 hours.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTripoli-Public reported 4 inch diameter tree limbs down.
September 2016Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.3 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainTripoli-Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.61 inches over the last 24 hours.
August 2016Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 1.19 inches over the last 24 hours.
December 2015Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.98 inches over the last 24 hours.
December 2015Heavy RainTripoli-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 5.31 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Tripoli-Public picture of tornado west of Tripoli that remained in open agricultural fields for the duration of its path.
April 2014Heavy RainTripoli-Storm total rainfall for the two days was 2.54 inches.
April 2013Heavy RainTripoli-Rainfall of 1.38 inches in the past 24 hours.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Tripoli-Funnel cloud reached three quarters of the way to the ground.
June 2013HailTripoli-no account filed
June 2013HailTripoli-no account filed
June 2013HailTripoli-no account filed
June 2013HailTripoli-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTripoli-no account filed
May 2002HailTripoli-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Old Tripoli1.3 miles9
Spring Fountain4.5 miles9
Seigel5.6 miles9
Frederika5.7 miles9
Knittel6.4 miles10
Artesian6.9 miles10
Buck Creek7.1 miles9
Wapsie7.1 miles9

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 TripoliAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q744248The 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 462329. 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.