Randall, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ellsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50231. The Survey maps it on the Story City quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRandall fell from 173 to 154 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 | 173 | |
| 2020 | 154 | -19 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Ames quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Ames quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Story City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Randall between 2011 and 2020, burning about 56 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 3972 VAIL AVE, IA |
| 4 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2959 CHRISTYTOWN RD, IA |
| 4 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 380TH AND OLSON AVE, 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 Randall: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| I H Knudson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mortveidt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Storgland | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Teig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randall in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Randall | $25,000 | Public reported D65 west of Randall has been topped with water flowing over it in a couple of spots. Water also reported over several other county roads west of Randall. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $20,000 | Iowa DOT and Hamilton County dispatch reported downed power lines and power poles over Highway 69 south of Jewell. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $10,000 | At least two trees and one power pole were blown down. Widespread large tree limb damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $10,000 | Trees snapped with limbs across Highway 69. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Randall | $5,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail, along with 50 MPH winds were reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Randall | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Randall | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 4.00 inches with significant runoff from field occurring. Beginning time radar estimated. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Randall | - | Rainfall of 3.5 inches and still raining with ditches full. Shallow water pooling around machine shed. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Randall | - | Overnight rainfall was 2.60 inches. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Randall | - | Rainfall since Tuesday night was 5.2 inches. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Randall | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Randall | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Randall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ellsworth | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rosedale | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Stanhope | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kamrar | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Blairsburg | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Remicker (historical) | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Stratford | 17.4 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 Randall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925804 | 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 460520. 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.






