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.
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
Eldridge Turn-Hallelisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Eldridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Eldridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Eldridge | $50,000 | Jct Utica Ridge & Le Claire Rds |
| September 2000 | Hail | Eldridge | $50,000 | Large hail dented siding, damaged roofs and punched holes in vinyl shutters on several homes. Hail also damaged several vehicles. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Eldridge | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eldridge | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Eldridge | $5,000 | A thunderstorm producing hail of 0.75 to 1 inch struck Eldridge with some accumulation noted on the ground. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Eldridge | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home on Scott Park Road. The lightning ignited a fire which damaged the attic area of the home. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Eldridge | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Eldridge | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Eldridge | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | AN off duty NWS employee reported a large tree branch down. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Eldridge | - | An NWS employee that mostly pea to dime size hail was falling along with a few stones the size of quarters. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Several large tree branched blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | A tree limb was down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down several tree branches throughout Eldridge, IA around 4 am CDT August 4. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | 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 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Eldridge | - | A funnel cloud developed in a band of isolated showers and was tracked for several minutes before it dissipated. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed in Eldridge, IA at 255 pm July 10. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew a tree over in Eldridge, IA at 258 pm July 10. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Eldridge, IA at 258 pm July 10. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Eldridge | - | Penny-sized hail fell in Eldridge, IA at 525 am August 5. The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Ten inch diameter tree limb blown down on LeClaire Road. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and a few trees. Reported by off-duty NWS employee. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm gust downed power lines in Eldridge, which resulted in a power outage in the community. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Grove | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Joy | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Park View | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ridgeview Park | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Donahue | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Green Acres | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Noel (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Probstei | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 Eldridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1913982 | 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 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.









