Lake View, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wall Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51450. It lies near Gun Shot Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake View quadrangle. 1,113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake View
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 5 records
Blackhawk State Park, Black Hawk Preserve (Area B)listed 1990
Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C)listed 1990
Blackhawk State Park, Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A)listed 1990
Chief Black Hawk Statuelisted 2000
Lakeside Park Historic Districtlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresLake View fell from 1,142 to 1,113 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 | 1,142 | |
| 2020 | 1,113 | -29 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake View quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ida Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lake View in 2006, burning under an acre 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/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lake View: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Lake State Area Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake View Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Meister Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Myer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake View in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Flood | Lake View | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $200,000 | Thirteen large power poles were snapped along a mile long stretch of Perkins Ave. One third of the roof of a hog confinement building was ripped off one half mile up the road. Another half mile up the road, one third of a machine shed was destroyed. Little damage was noted east or west of this area. Wind speeds were estimated around 90 MPH. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $30,000 | Public reported numerous trees with diameter upwards of one foot down around Lake view. Tree reported downed onto truck. Time and location estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $25,000 | Public reported trees down all around town. Estimated 60-70 mph winds in the storm. Report came via social media and time radar estimated. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Lake View | $20,000 | Street flooding at Second and High Streets in Lake View. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lake View | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $10,000 | A large branch fell onto a car causing significant damage. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $5,000 | Measured by weather station. One half mile to my north, a boat dealership reported damage. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Lake View | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | $2,000 | A medium sized tree was down. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Lake View | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Lake View | - | Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| August 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | Public picture of funnel cloud on social media. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trees down and power out in Lake View. Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | Public report of a funnel cloud near Lake View, IA. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake View | - | Trained spotter reported wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lake View | - | One hour rainfall of 1.30 inches. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lake View | - | Dime size hail |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Lake View | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Lake View | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sac City Junction (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wall Lake | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Carnarvon | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hart | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pettis | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| McCloy (historical) | 8.0 miles | 8 |
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 Lake View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q942838 | 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 463546. 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.




