Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Woodbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51054. It sits by Sergeant Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Sergeant Bluff quadrangle. 5,015 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
On record in Sergeant Bluff
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
Population over time
2 figuresSergeant Bluff grew from 4,227 to 5,015 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 | 4,227 | |
| 2020 | 5,015 | +788 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sergeant Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Sergeant Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sergeant Bluff between 2003 and 2012, burning about 228 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 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 November 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sergeant Bluff: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballou Pit and Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sergeant Bluff in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned semi trucks on Interstate 29. The winds also caused tree damage, including large trees blown down. A few homes were damaged by falling trees or tree debris. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, with branches and other tree debris littering streets. The winds also blew down power lines and caused power outages. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Tree damage was reported in southeastern Sioux City from late afternoon thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | Hail mainly of half dollar size or a bit larger covered the ground. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees, caused some siding damage and took several power lines down around Sergeant Bluff. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds were measured on a personal weather station in 4 miles north-northeast of Sergeant Bluff. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | An older tree was blown down across the road near the intersection of Dogwood Trail and Port Neal Road. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds gusts toppled a tree in Sergeant Bluff. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Sergeant Bluff | - | A video showed a brief tornado crossing Interstate 29 between Sergeant Bluff and Port Neal. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating. |
| June 2016 | Heavy Rain | Sergeant Bluff | - | Rainfall of 1.62 inches was measured. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 4 inch diameter branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by small hail. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several small limbs blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned a construction trailer near the Southern Hills Mall. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Sergeant Bluff | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of streets, yards, and ditches. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Sergeant Bluff | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Sergeant Bluff | - | Very heavy rain caused widespread street and lowland flooding. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Sergeant Bluff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estates West | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Ellen | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Morningside | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Regency of Sioux City | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sioux City | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Salix | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bronson | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Holiday Village | 7.9 miles | 12 |
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 Sergeant Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2226992 | 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 461507. 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.





