Stanhope, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clear Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50246. The Survey maps it on the Stanhope quadrangle. 364 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStanhope fell from 422 to 364 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 | 422 | |
| 2020 | 364 | -58 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stanhope quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Stanhope between 2010 and 2015, burning about 175 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1900 BLOCK 310TH ST., STANHOPE, IOWA |
| 1 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1800 BLOCK 330TH ST., STANHOPE, IOWA |
| 16 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 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 Stanhope: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Olson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanhope in 30 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 15 hail, 5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain. 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 | Flood | Stanhope | $200,000 | Highway 17 was still closed due to flooding. County Highway R27 also closed south of Highway 175. Numerous gravel roads under several feet of water. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Stanhope | $150,000 | Up to baseball size hail across town with tree damage from strong winds. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Stanhope | $100,000 | Hamilton County Law Enforcement reports Highway 17 closed in Stanhope with water 3 feet deep over roads and storm sewers backing up into homes. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanhope | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Stanhope | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Stanhope | $10,000 | This tornado developed northeast of Stanhope and tracked across mostly open agricultural fields. It did interact with two farmsteads early in it's track, producing EF1 damage to trees. The tornado lifted before reaching Interstate 35 north of Ellsworth. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanhope | $10,000 | This tornado was discovered using high resolution satellite imagery. There was some minor damage to trees and outbuildings along the path of this tornado through Hamilton County. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Stanhope | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported Highway 17 closed at County Road D65 due to water over the roadway. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanhope | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Stanhope | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanhope | $5,000 | Law Enforcement reported large tree branches down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stanhope | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanhope | $3,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stanhope | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stanhope | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Stanhope | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanhope | $1,000 | Tornado developed between Stratford and Stanhope and moved north northeast. The tornado produced mainly crop and minor tree damage with some shingles removed from a house near the track. This tornado merged with another tornado which began near Stratford before ending. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Stanhope | $200 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Stanhope | - | Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Stanhope | - | Trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail and still ongoing. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Stanhope | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail via social media. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Stanhope | - | Trained spotter reported several oblong pieces of hail up to golf ball sized along with consistent nickel to quarter sized hail. The report came via social media. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Stanhope | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.20 inches. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Stanhope | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Stanhope | - | City of Ames alert station reported heavy rainfall of 6.20 inches since 5am. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Stanhope | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 6.00 inches event total. Rain gauge was full at the time as well. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanhope | - | Tornado captured on video from chasers to the northeast of Stanhope. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanhope | - | Tornado develop about 1 mile northeast of Stanhope and moved northeast. The tornado did produce some minor tree damage along with crop damage along its path. The tornado was quite narrow but broadened considerably prior to its dissipation. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stanhope | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stanhope | - | 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.
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 Stanhope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2247725 | 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 461950. 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.




