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Webb, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51366. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle. 138 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,375 feet above sea level.

Webb within Clay County

Population over time

2 figures

Webb fell from 141 to 138 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
2010141
2020138-3 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Webb in 2011, burning about 2 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/undetermined1

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
3 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources440TH ST. AND 310TH AVE, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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 Webb: 4 past producers. 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
Cornell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

41 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webb in 41 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 25 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2004Tornado (F3)Webb$50,000A large cone shaped tornado tore a steel bridge from a road. The tornado raised a large debris cloud as it moved over open country, causing damage to crops and power lines. The tornado moved into Clay County after forming just south of the County Line.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Webb-A tornado developed a little less than one mile north of Webb just east of 290th Avenue in an open field. The tornado was documented by numerous individuals as it tracked east-northeast for a little over a minute. The tornado crossed 300th Avenue near a farmstead where trees were damaged along the north side of the property and the resultant winds caused minor damage to the residence. The tornado continued toward the east-northeast for a little over a minute over open fields and lifted just before 310th Avenue south of 470th Street. The tornado was rated EF0 with a maximum estimated wind speed of 75 mph. The average path width was 30 yards.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWebb-A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 72 mph with some damage to shingles and siding on a residence. Wind-driven hail also knocked out windows on a camper.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWebb-Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by a personal weather station at Webb.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWebb-Winds were measured by a personal weather station.
May 2024HailWebb-Hail varied in size from pea to ping-pong ball size.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWebb-A large tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds.
June 2018Flash FloodWebb-Rainfall of 5.00 inches was reported at Webb in a couple hours, taking water over most roadways in and near Webb.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWebb-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large limb blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWebb-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches up to 4 inches in diameter blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWebb-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several large branches blown down.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Webb-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
August 2006Flash FloodWebb-Very heavy rain caused flooding of roads and low areas.
June 2004Tornado (F1)Webb-A tornado caused damage to crops, trees, and farm buildings, including windows blown out of a house.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindWebb-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
April 2026HailWebb-no account filed
April 2026HailWebb-no account filed
June 2025HailWebb-no account filed
April 2010HailWebb-no account filed
April 2010HailWebb-no account filed
April 2010HailWebb-no account filed
July 2009HailWebb-no account filed
August 2007HailWebb-no account filed
June 2007HailWebb-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWebb-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWebb-no account filed
May 2004HailWebb-no account filed
June 2004HailWebb-no account filed
September 2004HailWebb-no account filed
October 2002HailWebb-no account filed
May 2002HailWebb-no account filed
July 2002HailWebb-no account filed
May 2001HailWebb-no account filed
June 2001HailWebb-no account filed
June 2001HailWebb-no account filed
June 2001HailWebb-no account filed
June 2001HailWebb-no account filed
July 2000HailWebb-no account filed
July 2000HailWebb-no account filed
September 2000HailWebb-no account filed
August 2000HailWebb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Maclay (historical)3.5 miles9
Gillett Grove4.8 miles7
Cornell6.8 miles9
Greenville8.5 miles7
Rossie10.4 miles7
Dickens12.6 miles7
Spencer15.0 miles8
Birchwood Estates16.2 miles8

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 WebbAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925265The 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 462768. 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.