Volga, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sperry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52077. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Volga quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Volga
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
Farmers' State Banklisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresVolga fell from 208 to 203 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 | 208 | |
| 2020 | 203 | -5 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1901 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Volga quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Volga between 2006 and 2009, burning about 6 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Volga: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volga Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Past Producer | Fluorite, Sphalerite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wadena Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meisgier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Volga in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 7 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Volga | $111,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Volga | $8,000 | Hail was reported to have covered the ground. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Volga | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $3,000 | An estimated wind gust of 80 mph blew down trees and power lines in Volga. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $2,000 | Trained spotters reported trees down and strong wind gusts west of town. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $1,000 | Large tree branches were blown down in Volga. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Volga | - | The COOP observer near Volga measured 4.6 inches of rain. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Volga | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Volga. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Volga | - | Near Volga, 5.15 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Volga | - | The COOP observer in Volga reported a total of 4.99 inches of rain at 6 a.m. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Volga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Sebald | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Osborne | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mederville | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elkader | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Strawberry Point | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Communia | 9.5 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 Volga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2240021 | 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 462589. 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.






