Santiago, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50169. It stands on Santiago Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mitchellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Mitchellville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Mitchellville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Santiago between 2007 and 2017, burning about 191 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 10500 NE HUBBLE, IA |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Santiago: 4 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santiago in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Santiago | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $100,000 | Water rescue in progress regarding three vehicles with a total of 11 people near NE 8th Ave and NE 54th Ave. There was one fatality, 10 rescues and several injuries. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Santiago | $50,000 | Flooding along Mud Creek. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santiago | $25,000 | Roof blown off of a modular building at the Mitchellville Correctional Facility. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santiago | $15,000 | Mitchellville Fire Department reeported several trees down in town. Also 8 to 10 inch diameter branches snapped. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santiago | $15,000 | Public reported damage to an outbuilding and windows blown out. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Santiago | - | This tornado remained in rural cropland. No damage indicators were impacted, hence the EFU rating. |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Santiago | - | Public report of a funnel cloud northwest of Altoona lasting 5 to 10 minutes. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Santiago | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.14 inches and that roadside ditches were full of water. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Santiago | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud just west of Mitchellville. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Santiago | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Santiago | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchellville | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bondurant | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Altoona | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Farrar | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ivy | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Enterprise | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Quilhart (historical) | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| White Oak | 8.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461423. 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.






