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Waukon, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Makee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52172. The Survey maps it on the Waukon quadrangle. 3,827 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,237 feet above sea level.

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Waukon within Allamakee County

On record in Waukon

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Waukon fell from 3,897 to 3,827 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
20103,897
20203,827-70 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

23 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Waukon between 2009 and 2020, burning about 637 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
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
11 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning85 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2018Debris and open burning300 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2018Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Waukon: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Iron HillIronPast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceIronPast ProducerHematite, Limonite
Waukon Iron MineIronPast ProducerHematite, Limonite
Burke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hammell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccabe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allamakee County

Storms near this place

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waukon in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 33 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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
August 2016Flash FloodWaukon$400,000Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding to occur in and around Waukon. Several rescues had to be performed to save people from the flooding. Some businesses and homes were damaged by the flooding.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWaukon$200,000A barn was blown down and two silos collapsed on a farm southwest of Waukon.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukon$85,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWaukon$80,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Waukon. The roof was blown off a business, a home lost part of its roof and several other businesses sustained some roof damage.
July 2022Tornado (EF1)Waukon$60,000A brief EF1 tornado touched down southwest of Waukon. The tornado damaged the roofs on farm outbuildings along with some trees.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWaukon$45,000no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodWaukon$35,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWaukon$30,000Power poles, lines and trees were blown down in Waukon. Almost 2,700 customers lost power because of the downed poles and lines.
June 1998Flash FloodWaukon$20,000no account filed
July 1998HailWaukon$20,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukon$20,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWaukon$15,000Lots of trees and power lines were blown down across the northern part of the county.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWaukon$15,000Thunderstorms with high winds produced damage in and near Waukon. Trees and crops were blown over, a camper was rolled onto its side and house windows were broken.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukon$15,000no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWaukon$15,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWaukon$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Waukon.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWaukon$10,000Part of a roof was removed from an outbuilding and corn was pushed over near Waukon.
June 1995HailWaukon$10,000Thunderstorms fired ahead of a strong cold front as it sank south into an unstable air mass over Iowa. Cape values were around 2500 J-kg-1 combined with lifted indices in the -8° range aided the thunderstorm development. Iowa was on the southwest corner of a small convective complex. The storms produced hail and gusty winds over the northeast corner of the state, with golf ball-size hail reported north of Waukon in Allamakee County. One inch diameter hail was also reported about the same time west of Burr Oak in Winneshiek County.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Waukon$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWaukon$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailWaukon$8,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukon$7,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaukon$5,000Large trees were blown down, including one on a car and sporadic power outages in Waukon.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWaukon$5,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWaukon$4,500no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWaukon$3,500no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWaukon$3,000Trees were blown down west of Waukon.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWaukon$3,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWaukon$2,500no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWaukon$2,000Trees were blown down in Waukon.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWaukon$2,000Trees were blown down on Old Stage Road three miles west-northwest of Waukon.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindWaukon$2,000Power poles were blown down in Waukon.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWaukon$2,000Several trees were blown down in the city of Waukon.
April 2004HailWaukon$1,750no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWaukon$1,250no account filed
April 2004HailWaukon$1,000no account filed
May 2002HailWaukon$1,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWaukon$1,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWaukon$750no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWaukon$250no account filed
July 2020FloodWaukon-Locally heavy rains caused some street flooding to occur in Waukon.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWaukon-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred north of Waukon.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWaukon-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph occurred in Waukon.
April 2014HailWaukon-Quarter sized hail was reported in Waukon.
June 2014Flash FloodWaukon-Runoff from locally heavy rain caused numerous streets to be closed in Waukon and sand bagging occurred around a hotel.
August 2014HailWaukon-Quarter sized hail fell in Waukon.
June 2013Flash FloodWaukon-Very heavy rain fell at such a fast rate that the sewer stations in Waukon were not able to keep up with the rain and as a result, flooding occurred around the city.
June 2013Heavy RainWaukon-In Waukon, 4.5 inches of rain fell.
August 2009Heavy RainWaukon-An observer recorded 3.14 inches of rain during the afternoon of August 19th. Street flooding was reported in Waukon.
June 2014HailWaukon-no account filed
April 2014HailWaukon-no account filed
April 2014HailWaukon-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWaukon-no account filed
April 2002HailWaukon-no account filed
April 2002HailWaukon-no account filed
April 2002HailWaukon-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudWaukon-no account filed
May 1998HailWaukon-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukon-no account filed
June 1998HailWaukon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allamakee 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
Lycurgus5.1 miles13
Ludlow5.7 miles11
Maud6.3 miles14
Hanover6.7 miles11
Rossville7.7 miles13
Elon8.0 miles14
Church9.2 miles14
Waterville10.4 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 WaukonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q990893The 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 462754. 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.