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Alta
Iowacity
Total population
2,250
Median home value
$146,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$65,833
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Alta, a city in Iowa, United States, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Located at 42.672°, -95.305°, Alta occupies a temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 2,250. Total area is recorded as a compact 2.8 km². Open solar datasets indicate about 1,509 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 59% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. At 804 people per km², the city shows an average residential density. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Alta, IA from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Canada Goose (canadensis Group)Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,224
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,091
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves1,033
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves882
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves878
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves843
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves589
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves586
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Storm Lake ElementaryElementary · Storm Lake · 814 students · 15.7:1 ratio
- Storm Lake High SchoolHigh · Storm Lake · 793 students · 17.2:1 ratio
- Storm Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · Storm Lake · 787 students · 15.4:1 ratio
- Alta Elementary SchoolElementary · Alta · 237 students · 13.9:1 ratio
- Alta-Aurelia High SchoolHigh · Alta · 206 students · 13.7:1 ratio
- East Early Childhood CtrOther · Storm Lake · 101 students · 14.4:1 ratio
- St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HSHigh · Storm Lake · 54 students
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.7 — 2021-06-304 km E of Rembrandt, Iowa
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Iowa
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Alta
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library