Scarville, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50473. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mills quadrangle. 74 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
On record in Scarville
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 1 record
- Round Barn, Norway Townshiplisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresScarville grew from 72 to 74 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 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 74 | +2 (+3%) |
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 Lake Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Scarville between 2006 and 2010, burning about 4 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 20030 490TH ST., IOWA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Scarville: 4 unknowns, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarville in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Scarville | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Scarville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $50,000 | As the evening progressed, the low mentioned above progressed northeast. The dry slot raced northeast into the central United States resulting in another round of thunderstorm development. Intense thunderstorms developed over eastern portions of Kansas and Nebraska, then moved north-northeast into southwest and central Iowa. The storms produced high winds and hail up to an inch in diameter. Winds estimated in excess of 65 mph blew through Council Bluffs. Power lines were downed in the city, causing minor fires. Winds caused damage as they moved into southwest Iowa. Winds gusted to 60 to 75 mph with the stronger storms. High winds overturned a tractor-semitrailer in Interstate 80 south of Adair. Outbuildings were blown down over Union, Cass, Taylor, and Page Counties. A grain bin was blown over east of Dallas Center. Damage was reported in Madison County in the town of Winterset. At least one garage roof was removed by the winds and a utility pole was blown over. During the late evening, the dry punch overtook the storms and they weakened rapidly. High winds from the decaying storms caused damage in north-central Iowa east of Scarville. Two grain bins, a barn, and several trees were downed on a farmstead there. In Cerro Gordo County, lightning struck a barn near Meservey. The barn was set on fire and was totally lost. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Scarville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Scarville | $30,000 | Streets were closed due to flooding at the intersection of south 10th and North Mills at the 100 block. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Scarville | $25,000 | A sink hole developed near the intersection of 480th and 160th due to heavy rain. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Scarville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $5,000 | Two trees two feet in diameter were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $4,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Scarville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Scarville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $2,000 | Four inch branches were downed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarville | $1,000 | Spotter reported power was out in town from straight line winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scarville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Scarville | - | Public reported a funnel cloud. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Scarville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scarville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Scarville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinje | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lake Mills | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Norman (historical) | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Leland | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Amund (historical) | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ratna (historical) | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Thompson | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Forest City | 14.4 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 Scarville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925765 | 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 461455. 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.




