Sageville, Iowa
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dubuque Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52001. It lies near Couler Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dubuque North quadrangle. 95 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSageville fell from 122 to 95 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 | 122 | |
| 2020 | 95 | -27 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sageville between 1996 and 2011, burning about 27 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 | 4 |
| 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 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | JDMARSH |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1/2 SOUTH OF HWY 3, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Sageville: 20 past producers, 8 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bonson Mine | Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite | |
| Red Dog Mine | Zinc, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Durango Drybone Mine Ewing Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Smithsonite | |
| Fourteenth Street Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Levens Mine North Langworthy Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Composite Section | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Creek Bank | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sageville in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Sageville | $500,000 | Amateur radio report received of water over several roads in downtown Dubuque including Central Avenue and Jackson Streets which were closed. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Sageville | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | $90,000 | The emergency manager reported a roof was partially ripped off of a school. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | $2,000 | Power lines down on old Sageville Rd on the edge of town. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Sageville | - | Delayed report from Mud Lake Park. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | Law Enforcement Officer reported water of over a foot on Iowa Highway 3 near Northwest Arterial that caused the closing of Highway 3. Other roads in the area are flooded too. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Sageville | - | The Mississippi River gage at Dubuque Lock and Dam rose above its major flood stage of 20.5 feet around 6 PM CST on July 4 and crested at 20.85 feet on July 6. The river fell back below major flood stage around 1 AM CST on July 9. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding of the roadways. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | - | A trained spotter report a 2 inch Weeping Willow Sapling snapped in half by the storms. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | - | The Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts of 52 knots. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | Rupp Hollow Road in Dubuque was closed due to water over the roadway. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | U.S. 52 near Sageville was closed around 1 AM due to water over the road. The road was opened a few hours later. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Sageville | - | The Mississippi River at Dubuque rose above its major flood stage of 20.5 feet at Dubuque Lock and Dam 11 on April 3rd and fell back below the flood stage late in the day on April 9th. There is a preliminary crest of 21.21 feet midday on the 5th through midday on the 6th. This is preliminarily the 3rd highest crest at that location. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | A public report was received via social media that Sageville Road, north of town was flooded. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | Law enforcement reported Herber Road near John Deere Road closed due to mudslide. A road was closed due to flooding along the Little Maquoketa River. |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Sageville | - | A spotter that was located near Kieler Wisconsin observed a funnel cloud to the west of his location. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sageville | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down several small trees and branches across the north side of Dubuque, IA at 520 pm August 4. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Sageville | - | Flooding was reported in Sageville. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sageville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frith Spur | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Edmore | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rose | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Asbury | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Durango | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Eagle Point | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Center Grove | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dubuque | 4.3 miles | 19 |
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 Sageville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925602 | 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 460914. 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.








