27th Street railroad crossing in Fort Madison, Iowa
DOT 063232NPrivateAt gradeBNSF Railway Company
This crossing has flashing lights but no gates. About 4 trains pass each day. About 1,380 vehicles cross each day. Counted in 2014. That count is 12 years old.
About 4 trains and 1,380 vehicles cross here each day.
Road traffic
1,380 vehicles a day
Road count year
2014
counted 2014, 12 years old
Reported train total
4 trains a day
Daytime trains
2 trains a day
Nighttime trains
2 trains a day
Switching trains
0 trains a day
Passenger trains
0 trains a day
School bus route
No
School-bus passes
Not reported / school day
Maximum rail speed
25 mph
Road speed limit
25 mph
The daily train total combines reported daytime, nighttime and switching movements. These reported movements are not arrival times. How reported train totals work. A school bus that crosses and returns counts as two passes on a normal school day.
Through trains per day
2 by day2 at night
Daytime and nighttime trains are reported in equal numbers.
From the FRA crossing inventory, week of 4 October 2026. Values are reported trains a day.
Daytime and nighttime trains are reported in equal numbers.
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Reports of blocked crossings
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The incident count is not reported.
Earlier or unreported incidents may not be included.
Historical dates come from FRA reports. Recent dates show when Atlas observed a change. Neither confirms when work took place.
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1 project document names this crossing.
Project documents
The reviewed documents contain 1 reference to this crossing. A reference does not confirm that construction was completed. Check the project stage and funding status in each source. See three examples of reading project documents.
Iowa Federal-Aid Highway-Railroad Safety Fund (Section 130)
accomplishment program candidate
Program
Iowa Federal-Aid Highway-Railroad Safety Fund (Section 130)
Year as reported
2021
Amount, USD
$225,000
What the amount covers
federal funds listed for candidate; not verified expenditure
0.7 063232N BNSF Lee Fort Madison 27th St Signals Signals w/gate arms $225,000
Regional sample 4.4 km from the reported crossing location. Climate averages cover 1979–2020.
What these figures describe
Population in the map cell comes from a 2025 WorldPop model, grouped into a hexagon containing the reported crossing coordinate. It is not a count of people who use the crossing. Unavailable estimates remain unknown.
Regional values use the nearest sample at roughly 5 km scale. Elevation dates from 2011–2015. They do not describe exact conditions at the crossing.