What is "rippey"

Population (2000): 319
Housing Units (2000): 138
Land area (2000): 0.842334 sq. miles (2.181635 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.842334 sq. miles (2.181635 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67215
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.933800 N, 94.201189 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50235
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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