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Railroad crossing 608579H on 440TH STREET in Lakota, Iowa

The federal record lists a public crossing on 440TH STREET in Lakota, Iowa. The reported railroad is Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Overview

Crossing608579H
440TH STREET
Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa
Union Pacific Railroad Company
How crossing IDs work
Source retrieved Source details
Road traffic
10 vehicles / day
Road count: counted 2007 · 19 years old. About traffic counts and years
Reported trains
0 / day
These reported movements are not arrival times.

Location

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Source latitude
43.3997906
Source longitude
-94.0537882

Traffic

Road traffic
10 vehicles / day
Road count year
2007
counted 2007 · 19 years old
Reported train total
0 / day
Daytime trains
0 / day
Nighttime trains
0 / day
Switching trains
0 / day
Passenger trains
0 / day
School bus route
No
School-bus passes
0 / school day
Maximum rail speed
40 mph
Road speed limit
55 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
0
Flashing-light pairs
0
Crossbuck assemblies
2
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
0
Reports dated 2016 through July 2026. 2026 covers incidents through 31 July 2026, a partial year. Counts are historical, not risk predictions.
YearReportsInjuredKilled
2019110
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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
2023
Amount, USD
$292,500
What the amount covers
federal funds listed for candidate; not verified expenditure
1.35 608579H UP Kossuth Kosuth Co 440th St Crossbucks Signals w/gate arms $292,500

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
0 · WorldPop 2025
Regional surface elevation
339 m
Average annual air temperature
8 °C
Average annual rain & snow
928 mm/year
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Regional sample 5.5 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.

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Nearby records

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