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.
- 185th StreetClare160 vehicles a day2015 road count
- IA 7Clare3,720 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 200th StreetClare30 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Elm StreetRolfe289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Oak StreetRolfe180 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 460th StreetRolfe170 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 290th StreetRolfe180 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 450th StreetRolfe35 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 280th AvenueRolfe35 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 440th StreetPlover15 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 270th AvenuePlover25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 430th StreetPlover20 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 260th AvenuePlover35 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 250th AvenuePlover250 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Jackson StreetPlover500 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Lind StPlover1 vehicle a day1977 road count
- 240th AvenuePlover30 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 410th StreetPlover30 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 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
- IA 15Rolfe970 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Grant AvenueRolfe289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 470th StreetRolfe25 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 300th AvenueRolfe80 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 310th AvenueRolfe30 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 490th StreetRolfe25 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 320th AvenueRolfe25 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 500th StreetGilmore City25 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 330th AvenueGilmore City822 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 510th StreetGilmore City160 vehicles a day2024 road count
- West Iowa AvenueGilmore City1,760 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Southwest B AvenueGilmore City289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Southwest C AvenueGilmore City289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- South Gilmore StreetGilmore City450 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 230th StreetGilmore City35 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 240th StreetGilmore City30 vehicles a day2003 road count
- Birch AvenueGilmore City30 vehicles a day2003 road count
- 250th StreetPioneer25 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 260th StreetPioneer20 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Colorado AvenuePioneer40 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 270th StreetPioneer730 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Main StreetPioneer45 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Dakota AvenuePioneer20 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 110th StreetClare50 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 120th StreetClare5 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Eastern AvenueClare45 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