Wallingford, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in High Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51365. The Survey maps it on the Wallingford quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
On record in Wallingford
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 1 record
- Brugjeld-Peterson Family Farmstead Districtlisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresWallingford fell from 197 to 165 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 | 197 | |
| 2020 | 165 | -32 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wallingford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Estherville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wallingford between 2006 and 2020, burning about 374 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 260TH ST/270TH ST. TWELVE MILE LAKE TOWNSHIP, IA |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 430TH AVE BY 260TH ST., HIGH LAKE, IA |
| 18 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wallingford: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egeland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Emmet County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Twite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wallingford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallingford in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Wallingford | $500,000 | Highway 4 was closed with flooding in Wallingford serious enough that evacuations were taking place. Railroad tracks also sustained damage in town. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Wallingford | $100,000 | Several secondary roads flash flooded in Wallingford. Three to four inches of rain fell between Wallingford and Graettinger. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallingford | $50,000 | Grain bin down and blown into ditch. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallingford | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallingford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wallingford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wallingford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallingford | $3,000 | A two foot diameter tree was blown over. An small old garage sustained minor structural damage. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Wallingford | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Wallingford | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Wallingford | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Wallingford | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Wallingford | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Wallingford | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flood | Wallingford | - | IA-4 northbound, Between County Road B14 and IA 9 (1 mile north of the Wallingford area). The road is blocked because of flooding. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Wallingford | - | Total rainfall just under 3 inches in the last 90 minutes. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Wallingford | - | Brief touchdown in a field east of Wallingford. |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Wallingford | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wallingford | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wallingford | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Wallingford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Estherville | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gruver | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bubona (historical) | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Hoprig | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Hill | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Huntington | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Gridley | 12.9 miles | 7 |
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 Wallingford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1949294 | 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 462622. 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.



