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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.

567

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

2,973

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

237

Active sources monitored (30 days)

89

Counties with recent activity

34 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 34 minutes ago

Iowa Death Data by County

89 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
Webster County26712TodayActive
Linn County2219TodayActive
Scott County1338TodayActive
Marshall County1023TodayActive
Dallas County956TodayActive
Woodbury County936TodayActive
Polk County9017TodayActive
Pottawattamie County854TodayActive
Clinton County718YesterdayActive
Howard County702TodayActive
Black Hawk County675TodayActive
Chickasaw County651TodayActive
Johnson County635TodayActive
Clayton County615TodayActive
Dubuque County605YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Iowa

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

Last 7 days

567

Previous 7 days: 764 · -26% vs prior period

Last 30 days

2,973

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

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

99.6%

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

99.2%

of recent Iowa records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Iowa Death & Obituary Data

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

Fort Dodge226Cedar Rapids155Davenport93Marshalltown81Perry80Council Bluffs75Elma65Nashua65Waterloo63Sioux City57Mount Vernon52Jefferson47

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.