How many railroad crossings are in Black Hawk County, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 162 public railroad crossings in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 162
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 159
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 18%
- Most trains a day reported
- 111
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 30
- Gate share compared with the state
- 12 percentage points lower
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 18% of these crossings.
- Gates2918%
- Flashing lights without reported gates4226%
- Signs without reported gates or lights8854%
- Other or not reported32%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- 4th StCedar Falls2,140 vehicles a day2017 road count
- AlleyCedar Falls25 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 3rd StCedar Falls380 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Iowa StCedar Falls289 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 2nd StCedar Falls380 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 1st St ECedar Falls14,700 vehicles a day2018 road count
- W Airline HwyWaterloo4,750 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Fletcher AveWaterloo2,560 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Railway SouthCedar Falls6 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Railway NorthCedar Falls6 vehicles a day2011 road count
- AllyCedar Falls10 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Public AlleyCedar Falls50 vehicles a day2017 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Black Hawk County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates