Randalia, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52164. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRandalia fell from 68 to 50 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 | 68 | |
| 2020 | 50 | -18 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Maynard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Randalia between 2009 and 2020, burning about 59 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 19186 160TH SUMNER, IA 50674, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Randalia: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vogts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zupke Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ashby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fayette-Templeton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yearous Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randalia in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Hail | Randalia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randalia | $10,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down across the northern part of the county, including in Randalia. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randalia | $10,000 | A large metal building sustained severe roof damage near Randalia. Boards from the damaged building were driven into a nearby shed. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Randalia | - | Golf ball sized hail fell west of Fayette. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Randalia | - | Locally heavy rains pushed the Little Volga River out of its banks north of Maynard and over 130th Street. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Randalia | - | Near Fayette, 7.50 inches of rain fell. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Randalia | - | A water rescue was performed when a vehicle became stranded in high water along R Avenue southwest of Randalia. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randalia | - | Swing set blown down in yard. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randalia | - | 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.
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 Randalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926113 | 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 460519. 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.






