Livermore, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Humboldt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50558. It stands on Lotts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Livermore quadrangle. 381 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLivermore fell from 384 to 381 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 | 384 | |
| 2020 | 381 | -3 (-1%) |
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
- 1972 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Livermore between 2009 and 2011, burning about 17 acres 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 100TH & 130TH, IA |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Livermore: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basselor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Insko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livermore in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Livermore | $100,000 | Emergency manager reported water in basements along with street flooding in Livermore. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Livermore | $25,000 | County Sheriff's Office reported multiple roads covered in and around Livermore. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Livermore | $20,000 | Large hail was reported with a picture of an estimated 2 inch hail stone. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $20,000 | There were numerous reports of tree damage in town, and a grill was blown over. The doors were blown out at the grain elevator. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Livermore | $3,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $2,000 | Strong winds broke several tree branches in Livermore. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $1,000 | Numerous three to four inch diameter tree limbs were downed on Highway 169. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livermore | $1,000 | Numerous large tree branches down along southern side of Lu Verne. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Livermore | - | Delayed report received via social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Livermore | - | From 1 SW Lu Verne and is time estimated. Hail shattered the windshield of the car. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Livermore | - | Public report of quarter sized hail. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Livermore | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.25 inches. Beginning and end times estimated from radar. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Livermore | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud near US Hwy 169 just south of St. Joseph. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Livermore | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.60 inches. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Livermore | - | A spotter reported a funnel cloud south of town. |
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.
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 Livermore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961710 | 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 458536. 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.




