Saint Ansgar, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Ansgar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50472. It stands on Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Ansgar quadrangle. 1,160 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Ansgar
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First Lutheran Churchlisted 1976 · 0.4 miles away- Saint Ansgar Public Schoollisted 2020 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Ansgar grew from 1,107 to 1,160 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 | 1,107 | |
| 2020 | 1,160 | +53 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS St. Ansgar quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Charles City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint Ansgar between 2009 and 2010, burning about 3 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 4017 GLASS AVE, ST. ANSGAR, IOWA |
| 30 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1755 HW 105, ST. ANSGAR, IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Saint Ansgar: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakestad | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duenow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Falk Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toeterville | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stacyville Junction | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Mitchell | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Carpenter | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Otranto | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Mona | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Stacyville | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dixie (historical) | 8.5 miles | 7 |
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 Saint Ansgar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q998905 | 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 460929. 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.




