Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 18 min5:36 am – 8:54 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 4 min7:39 am – 4:43 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 83°F, lows 62°FColdest month January: highs 26°F, lows 8°F38 in of rain a year, on about 68 dayswettest month June28 in of snow a year, on about 18 days11 days above 90°F, 157 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Iowa Falls station, 9 mi away
Nearby landmarksGehrkes Lakelake · 3.1 miEllsworth Community Collegecollege · 9.4 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsLogsdon Parkpark · 6.1 miCalkin's Nature Centerpark · 6.6 mi · 75 acresRuby Woodlandstate recreation area · 14.1 miPine Lake State Parkstate park · 15.3 mi · 687 acresMann Wilderness Area State Preservestate conservation land · 14.2 mi · 103 acresWhitetail Flats Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 14.5 mi · 399 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowHardin County, IA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsHail Relatively HighDrought Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality61% of days had good air in 2025224 of 365 days measured139 moderate, 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 44, worst day 136main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Polk County, IA, 52 mi away
Drinking waterIa Regional Utilities Assoc (waverly)serves 37,820 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,153 ft351 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalHansen Family Hospital8.2 miPost officeAlden Post Office7.1 miTown hallBuckeye City Hallunder a milePoliceIowa Falls Police Department9.0 miFire stationBuckeye Fire Department Station 1under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeEllsworth Community College9.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportFort Dodge Regional Airport FOD43 miMajor airportDes Moines International Airport DSM63 miInterstateI-3510 miUS highwayUS 205.0 miCoachWilliamsJefferson Lines10 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 50043 ZIP area.
