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Carbon’s story
177 years in pictures
3 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
- 1849Carbon is settled
- 2004IAMap-doton-Carbon
- 2019Carbon, IA
- 2021CarbonIowaPopPlot
CarbonIA
A town of 46, settled in 1849. A deep archive of photos, postcards and papers.
Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
46
residents
Household income
$49K
median
Median age
66.8
years
Land area
1 sq mi
What makes Carbon stand out
The thing Carbon does most differently from other towns.
Small town
46 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Climate
Four seasons, pleasant summers
Carbon has cold winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
28″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter16–35°
Spring39–62°
Summer62–84°
Fall40–64°
Oct 12
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards
Moderate risk, with drought at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
55risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
DroughtInland floodingCold waves
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
About Carbon
City in Iowa, United States
Carbon is a city in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa, United States. The population was 36 at the 2020 census. Other places in Iowa have been named Carbon: there was a Carbon Post Office in Davis County, six miles south of Ottumwa, that operated for less than a year in 1881. There was also a Carbon Post Office in Webster County, three miles south-east of Fort Dodge, that operated from 1870 to 1872. A post office on the latter location was known as Gypsum from 1902 to 1905.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1849
- Population
- 36
- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,135 ft
- ZIP code
- 50839
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