How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,417 public railroad crossings in Iowa with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,417
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,413
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 40%
- Most trains a day reported
- 137
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 104
- Gate share compared with the state
- 9 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 40% of these crossings.
- Gates56040%
- Flashing lights without reported gates16312%
- Signs without reported gates or lights69049%
- Other or not reported40.3%
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.
- Harbor DriveSioux City2,200 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 235th StreetSergeant Bluff1,510 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 255th StreetSergeant Bluff1,040 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Dixon StreetDes Moines4,290 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Main StreetHanlontown460 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Hwy 9Hanlontown2,210 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 4th Avenue WestLake Mills820 vehicles a day2007 road count
- South 6th Avenue WestLake Mills289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- South Lake StreetLake Mills910 vehicles a day2003 road count
- Winnebago StreetLake Mills1,530 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Main StreetLake Mills3,710 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 2nd AvenueLake Mills289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 380th StreetHanlontown25 vehicles a day2005 road count
- 390th StreetJoice30 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Dogwood AvenueJoice330 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 400th StreetJoice25 vehicles a day2005 road count
- 410th StreetJoice1,020 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Lake StreetJoice150 vehicles a day2009 road count
- CR S14Joice760 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 425th StreetJoice190 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 440th StreetLake Mills20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 235th AvenueLake Mills20 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 445th StreetLake Mills110 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 460th StreetLake Mills50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 470th StreetLake Mills60 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 200th AvenueScarville50 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 190th AvenueScarville35 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 160th AvenueScarville25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 500th StreetScarville25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 170th AvenueScarville25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 490th StreetScarville341 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 300th StreetMason City2,030 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 325th StreetMason City23 vehicles a day1986 road count
- Killdeer AvenueMason City300 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 330th StreetMason City20 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Ironwood AvenueHanlontown25 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Wheelerwood RoadHanlontown100 vehicles a day2013 road count
- 355th StreetHanlontown130 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Fir AvenueHanlontown50 vehicles a day2005 road count
- 5th Avenue SouthFort Dodge14,000 vehicles a day2015 road count
- South 18th StreetFort Dodge1,550 vehicles a day2015 road count
- South 17th StreetFort Dodge2,110 vehicles a day2015 road count
- South 15th StreetFort Dodge300 vehicles a day1980 road count
- Hayes AvenueMoorland90 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 6th Avenue SouthFort Dodge4,850 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Iowa AvenueEagle Grove3,760 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Northeast 54th AvenueDes Moines3,270 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 160th StreetClare20 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Hayes AvenueClare30 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 175th StreetClare60 vehicles a day2015 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
Union Pacific's line for urgent reports: 888-877-7267.
Contact details on Union Pacific's websiteUnion Pacific form for a train blocking a street crossing
Have ready: the crossing location and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign. Checked on on up.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates