How many railroad crossings are in O Brien County, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 43 public railroad crossings in O Brien County, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 43
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 43
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 19%
- Most trains a day reported
- 5
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 6
- 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 19% of these crossings.
- Gates819%
- Flashing lights without reported gates49%
- Signs without reported gates or lights3172%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in O Brien County, Iowa have the most trains?
- The crossing on Park Street reports 5 trains a day.
- The crossing on 270th Street reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on 280th Street reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on 290th Street reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on 300th Street reports 4 trains a day.
They are on Park Street, 270th Street, 280th Street, 290th Street and 300th Street. None of the 43 public crossings in O Brien County, Iowa has a quiet-zone designation.
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.
- Park StreetSheldon5,800 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 270th StreetSheldon5 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 280th StreetSheldon360 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 290th StreetSheldon1 vehicle a dayRoad count year not reported
- 300th StreetSheldon35 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Monroe AvenueSheldon45 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Marietta RoadSheldon25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 7th StreetSheldon890 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 8th StreetSheldon860 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 16th StreetSheldon1,560 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Railroad AvenueSheldon627 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Elevator AccessSheldon627 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 30e NW/C 1-96-39 330th StHartley35 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 95s NW/C 36-97-39 Yew AveHartley30 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 65s NW/C 35-97-39 Wilson AveHartley15 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 60s NW/C 34-97-39 White AveHartley50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- S 8th Ave EHartley580 vehicles a day2007 road count
- S Central AveHartley930 vehicles a day2003 road count
- S 1st Ave WHartley486 vehicles a day1998 road count
- S 8th Ave WHartley1,120 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Van Buren AveHartley10 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Washington AveSheldon1,250 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 27s NW/C 36-97-40 Tyler AveHartley70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 28s NW/C 35-97-40 Tanager AveHartley1 vehicle a dayRoad count year not reported
- 28s NW/C 34-97-40 Taft AveHartley140 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 30s NW/C 33-97-40 Starley AveSanborn20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 30s NW/C 32-97-40 Sorrel AveSanborn25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 38s NW/C 31-97-40 Silver AveSanborn1,430 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Eastern AveSanborn340 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Angie StSanborn289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- S Western AveSanborn870 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50s NW/C 34-97-41redwing AveSanborn340 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50s NW/C 33-97-41 Polk AveSanborn50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50s NW/C 32-97-41 Pierce AveSanborn10 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50s NW/C 31-97-41 Oriole AveSanborn310 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 60s NW/C 36-97-42 Olive AveSheldon30 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 60s NW/C 35-97-42 Oak Hill AveSheldon40 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Nettle AveSheldon710 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Country Club RdSheldon450 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 10th AveSheldon627 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 8th AveSheldon290 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 3rd AveSheldon620 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 2nd AveSheldon6,600 vehicles a day2006 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in O Brien County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates