Worthington, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dodge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52078. The Survey maps it on the Dyersville East quadrangle. 382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWorthington fell from 401 to 382 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 | 401 | |
| 2020 | 382 | -19 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dyersville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Worthington: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyersville Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bertling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deutmeyer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dzaboff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gogel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johns Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worthington in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Worthington | $1,000,000 | Golf ball sized hail fell 1 mile north of Worthington, IA around 722 pm CDT April 3. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Worthington | $10,000 | Radar data indicates a continuous swath of hail from the Delaware/Dubuque line. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Worthington | $2,000 | The county emergency manager reported a couple of washed out roads in southwest Dubuque county from flooding. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | - | A large pine tree was blown down across a road near town. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Worthington | - | Local law enforcement reported a brief tornado between Farley, Worthington, and Dyersville. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | - | A few power poles were leaning over. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph in Worthington, IA around 823 am June 19. |
| June 1999 | Flood | Worthington | - | Torrential rain of 5 inches caused street flooding. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Worthington | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Worthington | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Worthington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyersville | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Summit Village Dyersville Park | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Farley | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mekee | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cascade | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| New Vienna | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Epworth | 10.5 miles | 14 |
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 Worthington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1811068 | 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 463210. 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.
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.







