Sandyville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50001. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSandyville grew from 51 to 58 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 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 58 | +7 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1910 USGS Milo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Milo quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sandyville between 2011 and 2014, burning about 77 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 240TH AND MCKINNELY, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sandyville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
17 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandyville in 17 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flood | Sandyville | $250,000 | The South River at Ackworth crested at 31.95 feet at 11:00 AM CST on 25 June. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sandyville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sandyville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandyville | $50,000 | All windows on the north side of the house were destroyed. Due to combination of large hail and very strong winds. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sandyville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Flood | Sandyville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sandyville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Sandyville | $25,000 | One to two feet of water flowing over Highway 92 at the South River. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandyville | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 92. Extensive damage was also reported in town. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandyville | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported a downed power pole over Highway 92 blocking westbound traffic. Damage done by straight line winds and time estimated by radar. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Sandyville | $10,000 | Tornado developed in far eastern Warren County and hit a farmstead along the county line road with Marion County, producing EF1 damage at the site. The tornado then moved into Marion County. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sandyville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Sandyville | $500 | Storm Chaser has video of the weak tornado passing across rural portions of Warren county. Some minor tree damage occurred. This tornado then proceeded into Marion county. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sandyville | - | Submitted photo of quarter sized hail near Sandyville. Time of occurrence was estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandyville | - | The Department of Transportation reported trees down along highway 92 near mile marker 140. Time estimated via radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandyville | - | The Department of transportation reported trees down near and just west of Sandyville along highway 92. Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Sandyville | - | Public reported funnel cloud just west of Pleasantville. Relayed by Fire Department and Law Enforcement. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkson (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ackworth | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbush (historical) | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Palmyra | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hartford | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Milo | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hammondsburgh (historical) | 6.4 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 Sandyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925794 | 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 461420. 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.






