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.
Population over time
2 figuresWoolstock 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 168 | |
| 2020 | 144 | -24 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Woolstock quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1686 285TH STREET, IOWA |
| 28 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moberly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ahart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grandgeorge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ishams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stark Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Woolstock | $70,000 | A 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolstock | $50,000 | Public 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolstock | $20,000 | Trained spotter reported maple tree down on property along with a couple trees down in Woolstock. Delayed report and time estimated via radar. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolstock | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolstock | $5,000 | A tree was blown down along highway 17. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Woolstock | $5,000 | Hail lasted 10 minutes. Received via Twitter. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Woolstock | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woolstock | - | Received via social media. Occurred at Prestage Foods of Iowa. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolstock | - | Personal weather station sustained at 54 mph and gusted to 75 mph. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (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 2018 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Grove | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Nuel (historical) | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Florence | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Morhain | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Holmes | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Goldfield | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clarion | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Galt | 15.4 miles | 9 |
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 Woolstock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925228 | 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 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.



