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Springdale, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sioux City City. It lies in ZIP code area 51105. The Survey maps it on the James quadrangle.

Springdale within Woodbury County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 2006 and 2018, burning about 205 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2012Smoking3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1509 110TH ST., SIOUX CITY, IA 51108, IA
27 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodbury County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Springdale: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Floyd S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Woodbury County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springdale in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSpringdale$50,000Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees and numerous branches blown down. Some of the tree debris blocked roads and caused minor damage to homes. The winds also blew down power lines, causing a power outage, and blew part of a freight train off its tracks.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSpringdale$1,000Branches and a large part of a tree were down across the road. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-A large tree was taken down by thunderstorm winds across the intersection of 24th and Jones Streets.
July 2019Flash FloodSpringdale-Significant street flooding with stalled vehicles at 25th Street and Chambers Street.
August 2015Flash FloodSpringdale-Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches in a short time caused flash flooding of numerous streets and low areas in Sioux City, with water 2 feet deep in many areas, and manhole cover popping off.

Every storm recorded in Woodbury County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Holiday Village0.8 miles12
Leeds1.3 miles12
Sioux City2.3 miles13
Regency of Sioux City2.7 miles12
Evergreen Village3.0 miles12
Morningside3.8 miles12
Mount Lucia5.2 miles12
Riverside6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461915. 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.