South English, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in English River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52335. The Survey maps it on the South English quadrangle. 202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
On record in South English
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
- Theodore White Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresSouth English fell from 212 to 202 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 | 212 | |
| 2020 | 202 | -10 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS South English quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of South English between 2008 and 2017, burning about 88 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 29271 170TH STREET, IOWA SOUTH ENGLISH, IOWA |
| 24 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 30748 242ND ST., HARPER, IA |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 South English: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keota Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South English in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | South English | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | South English | $50,000 | An EF0 tornado moved northeast for about 2 miles just northeast of South English. Some shingles were blown off a few houses, some outbuildings and a machine shed were damaged or destroyed, and some trees were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | A public report of estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | A few trees reported blown down in South English, as reported by the North English COOP observer. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | The town fire department report power was out in portions of the town. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | The fire department reported that power poles were snapped and a hog building lost its roof near North English. This report was delayed and the time was estimated to have occurred between 11 and 1130 PM. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | A trained spotter reported that 2 inch diameter tree limbs were down in town. |
| April 2011 | Hail | South English | - | Quarter sized hail fell 3 miles northeast of Webster, IA around 647 pm CDT April 3. |
| May 2011 | Hail | South English | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in South English, IA around 516 pm CDT May 22. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South English | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree branches just east of South English, IA. |
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.
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 South English | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q550009 | 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 461775. 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.





