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Woolstock, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Woolstock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50599. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woolstock quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Woolstock within Wright County

Population over time

2 figures

Woolstock fell from 168 to 144 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
2010168
2020144-24 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Woolstock between 2009 and 2010, burning about 50 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/undetermined2

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
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1686 285TH STREET, IOWA
28 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Woolstock: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Moberly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ahart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grandgeorge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ishams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lesher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woolstock in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Tornado (EF1)Woolstock$70,000A tornado developed just north of the Wright County/Hamilton County line and moved north. Significant tree damage occurred along the path and a large machine shed was destroyed.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWoolstock$50,000Public reported numerous 6 inch branches and a few trees down in town along with a number of light poles snapped. A few roads in town were also closed. Delayed report, time estimated via radar.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWoolstock$20,000Trained spotter reported maple tree down on property along with a couple trees down in Woolstock. Delayed report and time estimated via radar.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWoolstock$10,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWoolstock$5,000A tree was blown down along highway 17.
April 2013HailWoolstock$5,000Hail lasted 10 minutes. Received via Twitter.
May 1999HailWoolstock$1,000no account filed
September 2025HailWoolstock-Received via social media. Occurred at Prestage Foods of Iowa.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWoolstock-Personal weather station sustained at 54 mph and gusted to 75 mph.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Woolstock-Tornado develop in rural southern Wright County east of Woolstock and traveled east northeast for the duration of the event. The tornado remained in rural agricultural fields producing only crop damage.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Woolstock-Weak tornado developed in south central Wright county and moved northeast in rural agricultural areas. Tornado was found using high resolution satellite data.

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Eagle Grove7.5 miles9
Nuel (historical)7.6 miles9
Florence9.5 miles9
Morhain10.4 miles9
Holmes11.9 miles9
Goldfield12.4 miles9
Clarion12.8 miles9
Galt15.4 miles9

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 WoolstockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925228The 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 463204. 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.