Woodburn, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50275. The Survey maps it on the Woodburn quadrangle. 146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodburn fell from 202 to 146 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 | 202 | |
| 2020 | 146 | -56 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS New Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Woodburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Woodburn in 2020, burning about 10 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodburn in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 heavy rain, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodburn | $100,000 | This path was relayed by the Clarke County EMA with the tornado starting southwest of Woodburn just west of 310th Avenue. The tornado produced mainly tree damage southwest of Woodburn. Upon entering Woodburn near the intersection of Maple Street and Sigler Street, the tornado began producing damage to trees. The front wall of an older business in town collapsed although the building was in some disrepair. Additional tree and minor home damage occurred near the intersection of Walnut and Sherman Streets. More tree and powerline damage was noted along Smith Street on the east side of town before the tornado exited Woodburn. One final farmstead had outbuilding damage and tree branches downed before the tornado lifted. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Woodburn | $50,000 | Water was covering all roads in Woodburn. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Woodburn | $25,000 | Water was flowing over Highway 69 south of Osceola and also over roads in the Woodburn area. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | $20,000 | Damage to grain bin, old barn destroyed, farm equipment shifted, tin lofted and transported. Pictures from emergency manager. Time estimated by radar. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodburn | $15,000 | The tornado developed south of McComb Street between 330th Avenue and 305th Avenue. The tornado moved northeast across cropland and timberland producing EF1 damage at a old farmstead at the west end of Norman Street. Additional crop damage was noted near the intersection of Pacific Street and 330th Avenue. North of Pacific Street along 330th Avenue, extensive EF1 damage was noted to trees and a mobile home which had the midsection of the structure crushed by a falling tree branch. Additional tree and outbuilding damage was noted to a farmstead just to the north. The remainder of the path was in rural areas with little additional damage. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Woodburn | $10,000 | Liberty Highway, 1.5 miles north of Highway 34 was washed out. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Woodburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Woodburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Woodburn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Report via mping, time estimated by radar. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Clarke County EMA reporting from conservation land on the Lucas Clarke county line on highway 34. Time estimated by radar. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.05 inches. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | A 24 hour rain total of 2.51 inches. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Golf ball hail report via social media. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Trained spotter reported up to quarter sized hail. This is a delayed report. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail covering her yard just south of Woodburn. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | The Clarke County Emergency Manager reported 3.5 inches of rain since 7 AM and a storm total of 3.9 inches. |
| May 2014 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | Measured 2.1 inches of rain in the past 90 minutes. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | Six hour rainfall of 2.25 inches in the past 6 hours. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Woodburn | - | Six hour rainfall of 2.25 inches in the past 6 hours. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Woodburn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Smyrna | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jay | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jacksonville (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Osceola | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Jamison | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Groveland (historical) | 10.7 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 Woodburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2123572 | 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 463181. 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.
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.







