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.
Population over time
2 figuresTripoli 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,313 | |
| 2020 | 1,191 | -122 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Tripoli quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2011Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1357 SABLE SUMNER, IA 50674, IA |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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.
Storms near this place
44 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $50,000 | Damage was done to a home by microburst straight line winds estimated at 95 MPH. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $50,000 | Straight line microburst destroyed an old barn with winds estimated at 100 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $40,000 | Large trees were downed with 2 barns destroyed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $25,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down throughout the area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $10,000 | Emergency 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Tripoli | $10,000 | Tornado was about 35 miles wide with a path of 500 yards. An abandon farm building was totally destroyed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Tripoli | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tripoli | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tripoli | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $2,000 | Several tree limbs and branches down in Tripoli. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $1,000 | Broadcast media reported that a two foot diameter tree was snapped. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | $1,000 | KWWL shared a public image of a downed tree in Tripoli due to strong winds. Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Tripoli | - | Numerous hailstones pictured with the largest up to ping pong ball sized. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.90 inches. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | - | Reports of trees downed and semi overturned in the Tripoli area. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | CO-OP report of 3 inches of rain in 3 hours. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Co-op observer in Tripoli reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.86 inches. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.92 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.72 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.05 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 3.32 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | - | Public reported 4 inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.3 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.30 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Mesonet station recorded heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.61 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 1.19 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.98 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 5.31 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Tripoli | - | Public picture of tornado west of Tripoli that remained in open agricultural fields for the duration of its path. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Storm total rainfall for the two days was 2.54 inches. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Tripoli | - | Rainfall of 1.38 inches in the past 24 hours. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Tripoli | - | Funnel cloud reached three quarters of the way to the ground. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tripoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tripoli | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Tripoli | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Tripoli | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Fountain | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Seigel | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Frederika | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Knittel | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Artesian | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Buck Creek | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wapsie | 7.1 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 Tripoli | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q744248 | 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 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.



