Indianola, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Indianola City. It lies in ZIP code area 50125. The Survey maps it on the Indianola quadrangle. 15,833 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
On record in Indianola
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 9 records
Hoosier Row Schoollisted 2011
Indianola Carnegie Librarylisted 2017
Indianola High Schoollisted 2002
Polled Hereford Breed Origin Sitelisted 1983
Science Halllisted 1991
Warren County Court Houselisted 2003- Lake Ahquabi State Park, Bathhouse Area (Area B)listed 1990
- Lake Ahquabi State Park, Picnic Area (Area A)listed 1990
- Lake Ahquabi State Park, Refectory Area (Area C)listed 1990
Population over time
2 figuresIndianola grew from 14,782 to 15,833 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 | 14,782 | |
| 2020 | 15,833 | +1,051 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Indianola between 2015 and 2017, burning about 55 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 131 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indianola in 131 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 50 hail, 36 thunderstorm wind, 25 heavy rain, 10 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Two semi-tractortrailer rigs blown of U.S. Highway 65. One driver received minor injuries. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Indianola | 1 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $350,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Indianola | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $100,000 | Public reported large trees down, damage to vehicles, and power lines down near Boston Ave in Indianola. |
| May 1996 | Flood | Indianola | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $75,000 | Microburst event |
| June 1998 | Hail | Indianola | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $50,000 | Trained spotter reported a large tree down on a house. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | Warren County Dispatch advised that a mobile home park on the south side of Indianola near the intersection of US 69 was flooding. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | Law enforcement and amateur radio reported at least 18 inches of water flowing through a trailer park just west of Highway 65/69 with people stranded. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Flood | Indianola | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flood | Indianola | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down. Winds estimated 60 to 70 MPH and blew for several minutes. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | Evacuating portion of trailer court caused by backup of small creek that empties into the Middle River. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flood | Indianola | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $20,000 | Law Enforcement reported creeks out of their banks on the south side of Indianola as well as multiple roadways covered by water. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Indianola | $20,000 | High water from a rising creek was threatening numerous trailer homes at a trailer court in the south part of Indianola. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Indianola | $16,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $15,000 | Trees reported down on east Euclid Ave. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flood | Indianola | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | Iowa DOT reports tree and power line damage along Highway 92. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | Mostly half dollar size hail with a few golf ball stones. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 MPH with small limbs down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Heavy rain and small hail was also reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | A spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail in southwest Indianola. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | Trees were down on the south side of town. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Indianola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Indianola | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | $3,000 | A 20 foot wooden privacy fence was blown down and doors to a plastic shed were blown out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Summerset | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hammondsburgh (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkson (historical) | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Summerset Junction (historical) | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Greenbush (historical) | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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 Indianola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986640 | 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 457810. 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.






