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Chatsworth, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51011. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.

Chatsworth within Sioux County

Population over time

2 figures

Chatsworth fell from 79 to 75 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.

YearPeople Change
201079
202075-4 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Chatsworth between 1999 and 2018, burning about 392 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBIG SPRINGS DITCH 2
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBIG SPRINGS DITCH
5 April 2000Debris and open burning300 acresAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentPLYMOUTH CO.
4 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROMMEREIM PASTURE
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROMAN
22 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning60 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2014Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sioux County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Chatsworth: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chatsworth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
L G EveristSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schumacher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sioux River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sioux-Shoemaker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
W StrobehnSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sioux County

Storms near this place

21 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatsworth in 21 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 11 hail, 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024FloodChatsworth1 killed, $6,500,000Rainfall amounts across Sioux County from June 20-22 ranged from 2 to 7 inches, with the highest amounts across the northern half of the county. Farther north and upstream, up to 12 inches of rain fell across portions of southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa. This rainfall resulted in extensive overland flooding and major to record flooding along the Big Sioux, Rock, West Branch Floyd, and Floyd Rivers, and Burr Oak Creek. ||Large sections of Rock Valley and Hawarden were evacuated as flood waters inundated both cities. An estimated 200 people were rescued during the peak of the flooding. An estimated 60 businesses were impacted by flood water in Rock Valley and Hawarden. County-wide, 700 to 800 housing units were impacted by flood water, 150 of which were declared a total loss. Rock Valley Public and Christian Schools were also flooded and sustained severe damage. ||Countless county roads and bridges were covered in water and damaged. Preliminary damage assessments estimate loss to public infrastructure to be 6.5 million dollars. ||One direct fatality occurred in Rock Valley when a man was pinned by debris from a collapsed foundation and subsequently drowned when water filled the basement. ||The majority of overland flooding subsided by June 25, but river flooding continued through the end of the month. For additional information on river flooding, please see other flood entries for Sioux County.
March 2019FloodChatsworth$610,000Flooding resulted in extensive damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindChatsworth$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew a camper over and blew shingles off roofs. The winds also caused tree damage, including several trees blown down.
June 2008HailChatsworth$5,000Large hail broke windows and damaged siding on at least one house, and also damaged a nearby bean field. The amount of crop damage was not known.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous 1 to 2 inch diameter tree branches, as well as one limb up to 4 inches in diameter.
June 2019FloodChatsworth-During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
September 2018FloodChatsworth-Rainfall across the Sioux Falls area and southward in the Big Sioux basin from September 18-20 totaled generally 5 to 7 inches. Major flooding resulted with all crop and pasture land in the half-mile wide flood plain inundated. The Big Sioux River above Canton (gage site CBSS2) crested 6.0 feet above flood stage on September 22, the third highest crest on record.
August 2011FloodChatsworth-Minor flooding along the Big Sioux River near where the river joined the Missouri River continued at the start of August as a result of backing of water from the flooded Missouri River. The flooding had little additional impact to the Missouri River flooding in the area. The highest stage at Sioux City was 1 foot above flood stage on August 1st, with the river falling below flood stage on August 10th.
June 2009HailChatsworth-Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2009HailChatsworth-Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Chatsworth-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
August 2002HailChatsworth-Large hail broke windows and damaged vehicles. The amount of damage was not known.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including some trees blown down.
June 2014HailChatsworth-no account filed
June 2014HailChatsworth-no account filed
May 2012HailChatsworth-no account filed
June 2008HailChatsworth-no account filed
June 2008HailChatsworth-no account filed
May 2005HailChatsworth-no account filed
August 2002HailChatsworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sioux County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hawarden5.7 miles9
McNally6.9 miles9
Ireton11.2 miles9
Highland Park13.3 miles8
Lebanon15.2 miles8
Maurice18.1 miles10
Carmel20.9 miles7
Westbrook Village21.0 miles8

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 ChatsworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1917955The 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 455362. 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.