01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 19153MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
POLK · IA
Tornado history
NOAA records coded as Tornado in Polk during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports16NOAA county-coded rows
Population context3.2per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries3direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
16 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Impact fields on these rows
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$82.7Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$5Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,018within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest records in this slice
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| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-15 | NOAA 1,190,992 | NWS Storm Survey | EF1 | $500K |
| 2024-06-25 | NOAA 1,190,975 | Social Media | EFU | $0 |
| 2024-05-21 | NOAA 1,170,180 | NWS Storm Survey | EF2 | $5.2M |
| 2024-05-24 | NOAA 1,170,131 | Social Media | EF0 | $90K |
| 2024-05-24 | NOAA 1,170,129 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $50K |
| 2024-05-24 | NOAA 1,170,128 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $50K |
| 2024-04-26 | NOAA 1,170,104 | NWS Storm Survey | EF2 | $1.5M |
| 2022-04-23 | NOAA 1,033,747 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $1K |