Andover, Iowa
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52701. The Survey maps it on the Andover quadrangle. 109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAndover grew from 103 to 109 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 109 | +6 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Andover quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Andover between 2007 and 2010, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1120 432ND AVE, TEEDS GROVE, IA 52732, IOWA |
| 11 January 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Andover: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Teeds Grove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andover in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Andover | - | Very heavy rain brought 2.25 inches of rain in 30 minutes. This produced flash flooding in the vicinity of the spotter's house. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Andover | - | Time is estimated based on radar. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some large trees about 2 miles southwest of Andover, IA at 3:29 pm June 7. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Andover | - | Law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail in rural Andover. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teeds Grove | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Almont | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hauntown | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Sibyl (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Elk River Junction | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bryant | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bulgers Hollow | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Tenmile | 4.9 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Andover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q492806 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454184. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








