How many railroad crossings are in Story County, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 74 public railroad crossings in Story County, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 74
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 74
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 66%
- Most trains a day reported
- 57
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 5
- Gate share compared with the state
- 36 percentage points higher
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 66% of these crossings.
- Gates4966%
- Flashing lights without reported gates57%
- Signs without reported gates or lights2027%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
8 of 74 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 8 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route811% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates8100% of route crossings
The FRA inventory says for each crossing whether it is on a school-bus route. A crossing not reported as on a school-bus route may still be on one.
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.
- 13th StreetAmes10,600 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 16th StreetAmes1,090 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 20th StreetAmes3,340 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 190th StreetAmes1,100 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 180th StreetAmes30 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Matthews DriveGilbert2,100 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 2nd StreetGilbert180 vehicles a day2015 road count
- US 69Story City5,000 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 130th StreetStory City2,340 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 120th StreetStory City130 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Washington StreetStory City60 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Broad StreetStory City3,540 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 9th StreetAmes996 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 24th StreetAmes8,069 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Bloomington RoadAmes4,172 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 1st StreetGilbert130 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 160th StreetGilbert40 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 150th StreetGilbert25 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 530th AvenueStory City15 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 140th StreetStory City25 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Roosevelt StreetStory City100 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 105th StreetStory City25 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 100th StreetStory City30 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 4th StreetColo251 vehicles a day2024 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Story County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates