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Eldridge, Iowa

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sheridan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52748. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge quadrangle. 6,726 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Eldridge within Scott County

On record in Eldridge

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

30 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Eldridge between 2006 and 2019, burning about 2,236 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldridge in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003HailEldridge$50,000Jct Utica Ridge & Le Claire Rds
September 2000HailEldridge$50,000Large hail dented siding, damaged roofs and punched holes in vinyl shutters on several homes. Hail also damaged several vehicles.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Eldridge$20,000no account filed
July 2003HailEldridge$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailEldridge$5,000A thunderstorm producing hail of 0.75 to 1 inch struck Eldridge with some accumulation noted on the ground.
September 2000LightningEldridge$5,000Lightning struck a home on Scott Park Road. The lightning ignited a fire which damaged the attic area of the home.
July 1995HailEldridge$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEldridge$5,000no account filed
July 2003Heavy RainEldridge$2,000no account filed
July 1995HailEldridge$2,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEldridge-AN off duty NWS employee reported a large tree branch down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
April 2023HailEldridge-An NWS employee that mostly pea to dime size hail was falling along with a few stones the size of quarters.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Several large tree branched blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEldridge-A tree limb was down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down several tree limbs and branches around 8th Street in Eldridge, IA at 430 am CDT July 24.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down several tree branches throughout Eldridge, IA around 4 am CDT August 4.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts were estimated to be 50 to 60 mph in Eldridge, IA at 126 pm CDT June 18. A local newspaper later included a photograph of a large tree that was toppled in Eldridge.
June 2010Funnel CloudEldridge-A funnel cloud developed in a band of isolated showers and was tracked for several minutes before it dissipated.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed in Eldridge, IA at 255 pm July 10.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew a tree over in Eldridge, IA at 258 pm July 10.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Eldridge, IA at 258 pm July 10.
August 2008HailEldridge-Penny-sized hail fell in Eldridge, IA at 525 am August 5. The hail covered the ground.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Ten inch diameter tree limb blown down on LeClaire Road.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEldridge-Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and a few trees. Reported by off-duty NWS employee.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindEldridge-A 60 mph thunderstorm gust downed power lines in Eldridge, which resulted in a power outage in the community.
April 2023HailEldridge-no account filed
April 2023HailEldridge-no account filed
May 2000HailEldridge-no account filed
May 2000HailEldridge-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindEldridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Long Grove2.7 miles18
Mount Joy3.1 miles20
Park View3.2 miles18
Ridgeview Park4.7 miles20
Donahue5.4 miles18
Green Acres6.2 miles20
Noel (historical)6.4 miles15
Probstei6.7 miles18

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 EldridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1913982The 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 465072. 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.

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.