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Springville, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52336. It stands on East Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle. 1,154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Springville within Linn County

On record in Springville

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 figures

Springville grew from 1,074 to 1,154 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,074
20201,154+80 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 2006 and 2015, burning about 105 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3

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
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
East Marion Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Equitable Life PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hampton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pearson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bowser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Decious QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emmonds QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Paralta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thompson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSpringville$75,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSpringville$50,000no account filed
May 2004HailSpringville$20,000no account filed
July 2003HailSpringville$15,000Springville to county line
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSpringville$15,000The Meyer farm on Sutton Road had the top half of a barn blown off.
May 2004HailSpringville$5,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindSpringville$4,000A utility company reported a tree blown down in town which destroyed a power pole.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringville-A public report of a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 67 MPH.
June 2015HailSpringville-Spotters reported that it hailed for 10 minutes, between 1025 and 1035 am with quarter size hail.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down numerous 6 to 7 inch diameter tree limbs in Springville, IA at 554 pm CDT June 29.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph snapped a large maple tree in Springville, IA at 600 pm CDT June 29.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Wind gusts estimated to be 80 mph were observed in Springville, IA at 552 pm CDT June 29. This report was relayed by the Linn County EMA.
March 2012HailSpringville-Quarter sized hail fell 5 miles north northeast of Cedar Rapids at 900 pm CDT March 31.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph snapped a 16 inch diameter tree near 4th Street and Mill Avenue in Springville, IA around 551 pm CDT June 29.
June 2008HailSpringville-Hail bigger than a golf ball fell for at least 3 minutes in Springville, IA between 9:45 pm and 9:48 pm June 12.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Public reported a 1 foot diameter pine tree snapped off and fell onto a house in Springville. Other large trees were uprooted and damage to crops occurred nearby.
June 2002Flash FloodSpringville-Highway 151 between Route 13 and Highway 1 was closed to east bound traffic. The bridge west of Springville was washed out by flood waters on the eastbound side.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Power lines and wires down. Reported by law enforcement.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringville-60 mph wind gust knocked down tree limbs. Reported by emergency management.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Trees and large winds downed.
June 2018Funnel CloudSpringville-no account filed
April 2015HailSpringville-no account filed
May 2002HailSpringville-no account filed
May 2002HailSpringville-no account filed
May 2002HailSpringville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Paralta1.9 miles14
Whittier2.7 miles14
Viola3.7 miles14
Jordans Grove7.3 miles14
Waubeek7.4 miles14
Marion8.4 miles17
Vernon View9.0 miles15
Bertram9.0 miles15

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 SpringvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925531The 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 461923. 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.