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Waverly, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Waverly City. It lies in ZIP code area 50677. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle. 10,394 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.

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Waverly within Bremer County

On record in Waverly

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Waverly grew from 9,874 to 10,394 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
20109,874
202010,394+520 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Waverly between 2006 and 2009, burning about 42 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/undetermined5

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
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 November 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 Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Waverly: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
OccurrenceBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite
Drappe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Janesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waverly in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 8 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly9 hurt, $20,000Numerous tents on the fairgrounds were blown down with people in them causing some injuries. In another place in town a woman had a broken arm when a tree fell on her while mowing the lawn. Several trees fell across the area with some additional injuries. There was no thunderstorm in the area, as they were to the north, but the strong gust front from the storms up north produced the damage.
May 1999Flash FloodWaverly$750,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWaverly$500,000no account filed
May 2013Flash FloodWaverly$300,000Several roads across the county have water over them from small creeks and streams. Flooding reported in the cities.
September 2016FloodWaverly$100,000Law enforcement reported all of the southeast portion of Waverly has been evacuated due to the Cedar River flooding. Time of evacuation unknown.
April 2008Flash FloodWaverly$100,000Roads were washed out in various parts of the county.
September 2001Tornado (F2)Waverly$100,000Tornado moved in from Butler County and touched down again, mostly in open field. A car and garage was damaged in Bremer County.
July 1999Flash FloodWaverly$75,000no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodWaverly$50,000Water up to the top of tires on vehicles located at the intersection of 3rd Ave and 4th Street in northwest Waverly.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWaverly$50,000Extensive crop damage was reported northwest of Waverly.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodWaverly$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodWaverly$50,000no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodWaverly$25,000no account filed
August 1998FloodWaverly$25,000no account filed
June 1998HailWaverly$25,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWaverly$25,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWaverly$25,000no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly$15,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodWaverly$10,000Torrential rain over a 15 minute period caused street flooding.
June 2008Flash FloodWaverly$10,000Dry Run Creek in town is beginning to flood.
August 2009LightningWaverly$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$10,000no account filed
May 2003HailWaverly$10,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000Whole trees in motion with intermittent strong gusts for the past 15 minutes.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000One quarter inch diameter hail occurred with the wind as well.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000The Emergency Manager reported trees and large limbs blown down.
May 2010LightningWaverly$5,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWaverly$3,000no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F2)Waverly$3,000no account filed
July 1997LightningWaverly$3,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000Eight inch diameter tree branches were snapped at Bremer Ave and 8th St.
April 2014HailWaverly$2,000no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly$2,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
May 2008HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1999HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1997HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Waverly$1,000no account filed
May 2024HailWaverly-Dime to quarter sized hail reported.
March 2023HailWaverly-Delayed report, image submitted via social media.
June 2023HailWaverly-Public reported quarter sized hail via mPing app.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly-A large tree limb nearly 1 foot in diameter was broken from the gust front. There was no thunderstorm, as they were to the north, but the strong gust front from the storms up north produced the damage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly-KWWL viewer shared pictures of tree damage, branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter downed, in Waverly. Time estimated from radar.
May 2019HailWaverly-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaverly-Trained spotter reported a large limb broken, wind speed unknown at the time. This is a delayed report.
September 2018Heavy RainWaverly-CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.06 inches over the last 24 hours.
April 2014HailWaverly-no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly-no account filed
July 2005HailWaverly-no account filed
April 2002HailWaverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Waverly Junction4.9 miles9
Bremer5.4 miles9
Janesville5.5 miles11
Artesian7.3 miles10
Denver8.2 miles10
Horton8.4 miles9
Roxie9.0 miles9
Plainfield9.0 miles9

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 WaverlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q996036The 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 462757. 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.