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Iowa Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Iowa death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Iowa Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

448

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,931

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

200

Active sources monitored (30 days)

80

Counties with recent activity

34 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 34 hours ago

Iowa Death Data by County

80 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Scott County13052 days agoActive
Linn County9972 days agoActive
Dallas County9652 days agoActive
Webster County7942 days agoActive
Woodbury County7564 days agoActive
Pottawattamie County7242 days agoActive
Polk County5453 days agoActive
Johnson County5234 days agoActive
Greene County4922 days agoActive
Clinton County4643 days agoActive
Lee County4542 days agoActive
Delaware County4422 days agoActive
Poweshiek County3534 days agoActive
Benton County3442 days agoActive
Black Hawk County3442 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Iowa

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

448

Previous 7 days: 507 · -12% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,931

Previous 30 days: 3,259 · -41% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Iowa Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Iowa County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Iowa records

Date of death

100%

of recent Iowa records

City / location

100%

of recent Iowa records

County

100%

of recent Iowa records

Source URL

100%

of recent Iowa records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Iowa records

Captured text excerpt

98.3%

of recent Iowa records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Iowa Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Davenport100Cedar Rapids88Perry80Fort Dodge59Council Bluffs58Jefferson49Keokuk40Sioux City39Manchester37Marshalltown33Clinton28Waterloo28

Iowa Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Iowa to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Iowa Funeral Homes →

How Iowa County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Iowa records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Iowa Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Iowa death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Iowa records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Iowa Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Iowa counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Iowa Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "IA",
  "county": "Polk",
  "county_slug": "polk-county-ia",
  "city": "Des Moines",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Iowa Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Iowa Death Data

Choose the Iowa counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Iowa Funeral Homes.