BlockLacelle, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50213. The Survey maps it on the Lacelle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lacelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacelle in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Lacelle | $250,000 | Clarke County EMA identified a path of damage to the south of Osceola from a QLCS tornado. This tornado began just south of Freedom Street and west of 200th Avenue. The tornado damaged an outbuilding at a farmstead along Freedom Street continued northeast crossing Interstate 35 where a lake separates the north and south bound lanes. The tornado uprooted several trees along 220th Avenue and damaged a couple different acreages along Highway 69 south of Osceola. One last house was damaged along Country Club Road with portions of the roof removed. The tornado lifted not long afterwards. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lacelle | $25,000 | Public reported wind driven hail up to golf ball sized lasting about 15 minutes. Siding on the south side of the house was completely destroyed. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Lacelle | $25,000 | Several cars were stranded by high water over county roads. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lacelle | $10,000 | There was also a brief funnel cloud that had subsequently dissipated. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacelle | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported large tree limbs blown down by high wind. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lacelle | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. This is a delayed report. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Groveland (historical) | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Green Bay (historical) | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hopeville | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Murray | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Osceola | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Smyrna | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Jamison | 13.9 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572793 | 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 1969817. 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.
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.