Waukee, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50263. The Survey maps it on the Waukee quadrangle. 23,940 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in Waukee
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
- St. Boniface Catholic Churchlisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresWaukee grew from 13,790 to 23,940 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 | 13,790 | |
| 2020 | 23,940 | +10,150 (+74%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1908 USGS Waukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waukee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Waukee in 2009, burning about 4 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 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 Waukee: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuler Coal Co. No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waukee in 50 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 23 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Waukee | $200,000 | Suger Creek was out of its banks and flooding Ashworth road. The road was closed. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Waukee | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Waukee | $30,000 | A tornado developed on the north edge of downtown Waukee and moved northwest, causing minor damage at a church and car dealership. The tornado also removed some shingles and roofing to a new house that was still under construction. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $30,000 | Ten to 15 foot mature tree blown down at Centennial Park. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Waukee | $25,000 | Four to six inches of water over Highway 6 at Highway R22. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Waukee | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Waukee | $10,000 | Public reported approximately 2 feet of water in the street along Cedar Ave in Waukee. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $10,000 | Two foot diameter tree snapped off a few feet above the ground. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Waukee | $10,000 | Sugar Creek was flooding and continued to rise rapidly in Waukee near Centennial Park. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Waukee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Waukee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Waukee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Waukee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $1,000 | NWS Employee reported numerous 3-4 inch branches down. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | $1,000 | Winds estimated by broadcast media of 60 MPH with minor damage. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Waukee | $1,000 | Tornado touched down in fields west of Waukee. |
| October 2007 | Flood | Waukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Waukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Waukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Waukee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukee | - | Wind gusts estimated around 60 to 70 mph on the west side of Waukee. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Waukee | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.01 inches from the thunderstorms. Beginning time estimated from radar. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Waukee | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Waukee | - | Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Waukee | - | CoCoRaHS report of 2.08 inches of rain over a 24 hour period. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Waukee | - | Brief touchdown |
| August 2022 | Hail | Waukee | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Waukee | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Waukee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Waukee | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Waukee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Country Estates | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ortonville | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Booneville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dallas Center | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Van Meter | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Adel | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| De Soto | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ingersoll (historical) | 9.0 miles | 11 |
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 Waukee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1914068 | 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 462752. 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.






