Schaller, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eureka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51053. The Survey maps it on the Schaller South quadrangle. 729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,411 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSchaller fell from 772 to 729 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 | 772 | |
| 2020 | 729 | -43 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Schaller South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove 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 Schaller between 2006 and 2018, burning about 22 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Schaller: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old State 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
35 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schaller in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $300,000 | Trees down and uprooted. Power lines down with some trees snapped. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Schaller | $200,000 | Numerous secondary roads closed throughout Sac County due to flooding. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Schaller | $100,000 | Numerous roads were closed, including Hope Ave between 190th and 200th St, 170th between Ira and Jackson, Lee Ave was down to one lane between 390th and 400th. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down on power lines along Dean Ave. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Schaller | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were also downed. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $10,000 | Public reported several trees up to one foot in diameter down near Schaller. Time and location estimated from radar and reported via social media. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Schaller | $10,000 | Creeks were reported out of their banks with water flowing into fields. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Schaller | $10,000 | Street flooding in Schaller was reported along with pea size hail. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Schaller | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Schaller | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Schaller | $5,000 | Pea to quarter size hail covered the ground. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $5,000 | High winds broke 12 to 18 inch diameter branches in town. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $5,000 | Four to five inch tree branches were downed by high winds. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Schaller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Schaller | $3,000 | Quarter size hail fell along Armstrong Avenue. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Schaller | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $2,000 | Small branches were down as well as other damage to power lines. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | - | Large tree snapped in Schaller City Park. Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Schaller | - | Brief tornado captured on video by a storm chaser northeast of Schaller. Tornado remained in open crop field with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | - | Public report of 60 mph winds accompanied by 10 minutes of hail from pea to dime sized. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaller | - | Numerous three to six inch tree limbs were downed across Schaller with one twelve inch diameter branch snapped off. Power was out for some time. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Schaller | - | Dim to quarter sized hail laying on the ground behind the storm at US Highway 20 and Highway 110. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Schaller | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Schaller | - | Public report via mPING of penny sized hail. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Schaller | - | Local law enforcement reported road closure due to flooding near the intersection of Easter Ave and 170th St. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Schaller | - | Schaller fire department reported a funnel cloud. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Schaller | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Schaller | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Brook Mount | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nemaha | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Odebolt | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wall Lake Station | 16.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sac City | 16.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lake View | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lakeview | 18.5 miles | 8 |
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 Schaller | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925833 | 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 465956. 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.




