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Evansdale, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Evansdale City. It lies in ZIP code area 50707. It stands on Elk Run. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo South quadrangle. 4,561 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Evansdale within Black Hawk County

Population over time

2 figures

Evansdale fell from 4,751 to 4,561 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
20104,751
20204,561-190 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Evansdale between 2001 and 2011, burning about 18 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1690 HWY 218 AND 27, IA
26 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 November 2001Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 November 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 October 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 January 2002Smoking2.0 acresIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Evansdale: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron. 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
Pint's QuarryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Morgan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pints QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raymond MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Raymond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Livingston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evansdale in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2010Flash FloodEvansdale$500,000Intersection of Shaulis Road near Highway 218 had water up to the car doors.
September 2018FloodEvansdale$250,000Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 16.82 feet on 5 September 2018 at 1345 UTC.
May 2013Flash FloodEvansdale$250,000Flash flooding at Black Hawk and Ansborough Ave. Southbound U.S. 218 at Washington and Mullan Ave flooded.
September 2018FloodEvansdale$100,000Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 14.28 feet on 22 September 2018 at 1100 UTC.
October 2018FloodEvansdale$50,000Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested twice, the first crest was at 15.9 ft on 2 October 2018 at 11:45 UTC and the second crest at 16.32 ft on 3 October 2018 at 10:00 UTC.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$50,000Trained spotter reported a semi trailer flipped over and boat trailer picked up and knocked over in the parking lot of a Waterloo casino.
December 2015FloodEvansdale$50,000Black Hawk Creek crested at 16.82 feet on 15 December 2015 at 08:45 UTC.
July 2006HailEvansdale$50,000no account filed
February 2016FloodEvansdale$20,000The Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 14.12 feet on 21 February 2016 at 0815 UTC.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$15,000no account filed
July 2006HailEvansdale$10,000no account filed
July 2006HailEvansdale$5,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$5,000no account filed
August 1994HailEvansdale$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$4,000no account filed
July 2006HailEvansdale$3,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$2,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindEvansdale$2,000no account filed
April 2007HailEvansdale$1,000no account filed
March 2025HailEvansdale-Hail reported from a trained spotter. Time estimated from radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEvansdale-A 65 mph gust from Iowa Dept. of Transportation RWIS.
May 2024FloodEvansdale-Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 15.54 ft on May 22 at 6:15 pm CDT.
October 2024HailEvansdale-Report by kwwl tv.
June 2023HailEvansdale-KWWL forwarded report of golf ball sized hail.
June 2023HailEvansdale-Trained spotter reported baseball and larger hail.
March 2020Tornado (EFU)Evansdale-Brief tornado was caught on video by a storm chaser. The chaser was located just south of the Highway 20 and Highway 218 intersection looking northward toward downtown Waterloo. The tornado occurred in an unpopulated area southeast of downtown near the Waterloo Waste Water Treatment Plant along the Cedar River. It is likely some tree damage occurred, however no reports were received, therefore the tornado was rated EFU.
June 2020FloodEvansdale-Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 1530 UTC on June 23rd at 18.12 feet. Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEvansdale-KWWL relayed report of a large tree down. Time estimated via radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEvansdale-Trained spotter report of up to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down.
February 2018FloodEvansdale-Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 14.28 feet on 28 February at 18:15 CST.
October 2018FloodEvansdale-Black Hawk County EM reported flooded roads between Orange Rd. and Shaulis Road. Several gravel roads were closed due to flooding throughout the county.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindEvansdale-Iowa DOT RWIS station recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
June 2017HailEvansdale-Trained spotter reported quarter to ping pong ball sized hail.
September 2016FloodEvansdale-Black Hawk Creek at Hudson crested at 14.51 feet on 26 September 2016 at 7:45 am CDT.
August 2015Heavy RainEvansdale-Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.60 inches event total.
July 2010Heavy RainEvansdale-Two reports of 5-6 inches in the past three hours in the town of Evansdale.
September 2025HailEvansdale-no account filed
April 2014HailEvansdale-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEvansdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Black Hawk 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
Hilltop0.7 miles11
Elk Run Heights1.3 miles11
Eastgate Estate Park2.1 miles11
Raymar2.4 miles9
Cedar Knoll Park2.5 miles11
Raymond3.3 miles9
Armour3.3 miles10
Waterloo3.7 miles11

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 EvansdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1933379The 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 456412. 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.