Wheatland, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spring Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52777. It stands on Lizard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheatland quadrangle. 775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
On record in Wheatland
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 2 records
City Hotellisted 2007- Henry and Elizabeth Guenther Houselisted 2026
Population over time
2 figuresWheatland grew from 764 to 775 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 | 764 | |
| 2020 | 775 | +11 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wheatland: 3 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatland in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | $2,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down a tree on a power line. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Wheatland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Time estimated from radar data. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wheatland | - | Report from Mping. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Trees blown down along Highway 30. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | The Iowa DOT reported that a large tree was down blocking both lanes of Highway 30 east of Wheatland near were the highway crosses the Wapsipinicon River. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Roofs were blown off 2 barns with trees also down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | A 30 to 40 foot section of roof was blown off the high school. A NWS survey estimated straight line winds of 70 to 80 MPH. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Wheatland | - | A report of nickel size hail was received through social media. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Wheatland | - | Law Enforcement reported a culvert washed out on Highway 30 near Wheatland. The report was delayed. Rainfall reports from around Clinton County indicated around 2 inches of rain. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Wheatland | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell in Wheatland at 1033 pm CDT March 31. This report was relayed by law enforcement. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Amateur radio reported a thunderstorm wind gust around 70 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down an 18 inch diameter tree in Wheatland, IA at 1028 am CDT May 29. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Wheatland, IA at 1028 am CDT May 29. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Wheatland | - | The Wapsipinicon River near De Witt was over its major flood stage level from 12:00 am on May 1 until 3:00 am May 5. |
| June 2002 | Flood | Wheatland | - | Water ponding on roads, ditches full and water standing in some fields. Broadcast media reported 2.3 inches of rain had fallen in Calamus between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatland | - | Numerous trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamus | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Toronto | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Buena Vista | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lost Nation | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bliedorn | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Mound | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elwood | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| North Welton | 13.6 miles | 14 |
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 Wheatland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q931858 | 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 462960. 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.
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.









