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Railroad crossing 385463L on ZINNIA AVE in NORA SPRINGS, Iowa

The federal record lists a public crossing on ZINNIA AVE in NORA SPRINGS, Iowa. The reported railroad is Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad.

Overview

Crossing385463L
ZINNIA AVE
NORA SPRINGS, FLOYD County, Iowa
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
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Source retrieved Source details
Road traffic
852 vehicles / day
The reported road count year is 2024. About traffic counts and years
Reported trains
5 / day
These reported movements are not arrival times.

Location

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Source latitude
43.1372464
Source longitude
-93.0235867

Traffic

Road traffic
852 vehicles / day
Road count year
2024
Reported train total
5 / day
Daytime trains
2 / day
Nighttime trains
2 / day
Switching trains
1 / day
Passenger trains
0 / day
School bus route
No
School-bus passes
Not reported / school day
Maximum rail speed
30 mph
Road speed limit
60 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.

Equipment

Gate arms
2
Flashing-light pairs
6
Crossbuck assemblies
0
Stop signs
0

How warning equipment is recorded

Main tracks
1
Quiet-zone source value
No

All equipment counts are reported. Zero is shown only when the source reports zero.

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Incidents

Reports
1
People injured
1
People killed
2
Reports dated 2016 through July 2026; 2026 is a partial year. Counts are historical, not risk predictions.
YearReportsInjuredKilled
2017112
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Projects

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
$247,500
What the amount covers
federal funds listed for candidate; not verified expenditure
0.6 385463L DME Floyd Floyd Co Zinnia Ave Signals Signals w/gate arms $247,500

Surroundings

The surrounding landscape

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Nearby land cover

The 2025 estimates cover roughly 10 hectares around each crossing.

Population and climate nearby

Modeled population in this map cell
3 · 2025
Regional population density
3 people/km² · 2020
Regional surface elevation
349 m
Average annual air temperature
7.9 °C
Average annual rain & snow
978 mm/year
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Regional sample 4.9 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 and population density from 2020. They do not describe exact conditions at the crossing.

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Compare land cover within 250 metres of this crossing with the area up to one kilometre away.

2021 · 10 m source

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Nearby records

These records are within 5 km of the reported location. Distances are straight-line estimates.