How many railroad crossings are in Palo Alto County, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 74 public railroad crossings in Palo Alto County, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 74
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 74
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 9%
- Most trains a day reported
- 4
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 2
- Gate share compared with the state
- 21 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 9% of these crossings.
- Gates79%
- Flashing lights without reported gates912%
- Signs without reported gates or lights5878%
- 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 Palo Alto County, Iowa have the most trains?
- The crossing on 510th Street reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on 470th Avenue reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on 495th Street reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on IA 4 reports 4 trains a day.
- The crossing on Micawber Street reports 4 trains a day.
They are on 510th Street, 470th Avenue, 495th Street, IA 4 and Micawber Street. None of the 74 public crossings in Palo Alto County, Iowa has a quiet-zone designation.
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Radio frequencies licensed to this railroad in this county
Railroad VHF channels, 159.810 to 161.565 MHz
- 160.7700 MHz, base stationCall sign WQWE248, license active until 29 Jul 2035View the license at the FCC
1 more license
- Call sign WSNM222, license active until 9 Jul 2036View the license at the FCC
Source: FCC Universal Licensing System, weekly license file, 18 Oct 2026.
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.
- 510th StreetMallard20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 470th AvenueMallard25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 495th StreetMallard5 vehicles a day2007 road count
- IA 4Mallard2,300 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Micawber StreetMallard200 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Inman AvenueMallard970 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 70s NW/C 1-95-31 570th AveWhittemore45 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50s NW/C 2-95-31 560th AveWhittemore30 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 30s NW/C 3-95-31 550th AveCylinder20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 10s NW/C 4-95-31 540th AveCylinder150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 85s NW/C 32-96-31 530th AveCylinder50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 390th StCylinder140 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 37s NW/C 36-96-32 510th AveCylinder90 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 13s NW/C 35-96-32 510th AveCylinder10 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 60e NW/C 34-96-32 380th StCylinder60 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 90s NW/C 27-96-32 490th AveEmmetsburg45 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 480th AveEmmetsburg670 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Jefferson StEmmetsburg434 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Grand AveEmmetsburg720 vehicles a day2003 road count
- Broadway StEmmetsburg6,700 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Lake StEmmetsburg651 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Palmar StEmmetsburg300 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Lawler StEmmetsburg2,060 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Harrison StEmmetsburg130 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Airport RdEmmetsburg1,490 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 90s NW/C 23-96-33 440th AveEmmetsburg80 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 55s NW/C 21-96-33 420th AveEmmetsburg60 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 40s NW/C 20-96-33 410th AveRuthven45 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 15s NW/C 19-96-33 400th AveRuthven20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 360th StRuthven3,620 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 80s NW/C 14-96-34 380th AveRuthven70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 89s NW/C 15-96-34 270th AveRuthven70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 50e74s NW/C 17-96 355th AveRuthven70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Stewart StRuthven300 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Gowrie StRuthven1,770 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Washington StRuthven981 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Burns StRuthven289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 340th AveRuthven701 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Miller StreetMallard211 vehicles a day1973 road count
- 280th StreetGraettinger490 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 300th StreetGraettinger70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 310th StreetGraettinger5 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 450th AvenueGraettinger70 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 320th StreetGraettinger25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 330th StreetGraettinger50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 7th StreetEmmetsburg250 vehicles a day1983 road count
- 5th StreetEmmetsburg434 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Lake Shore DriveEmmetsburg321 vehicles a day1998 road count
- CR N40Emmetsburg772 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Main StreetEmmetsburg6,300 vehicles a day2010 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Palo Alto County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates