BlockSandusky, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52632. It stands on Lamalees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keokuk quadrangle. 297 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1936 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sandusky: 4 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Manus and Tucker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sandusky Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandusky in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandusky | $60,000 | 3 to 4 foot diameter trees down |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Sandusky | - | Heavy rains resulted in some flash flooding in southern portions of Lee County during the late evening of June 13 and morning of June 14. Belfast Rd along the Des Moines River was closed due to the flood waters. Additional flooding was observed north of Keokuk, IA. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandusky | - | Trailer blown off road, and roof torn off building. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galland | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Summitville | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mooar | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bluff Park | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Keokuk | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Montrose | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Clare | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Buena Vista (historical) | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Sandusky | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106982183 | 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 461412. 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.
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.