BlockLone Tree, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52755. The Survey maps it on the Lone Tree quadrangle. 1,357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLone Tree grew from 1,300 to 1,357 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 | 1,300 | |
| 2020 | 1,357 | +57 (+4%) |
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.
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lone Tree quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Tree in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail, 3 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Lone Tree | $100,000 | Heavy rains have resulted in flash flooding in Lone Tree, IA during the evening of June 21 and early morning hours of June 22. Flooding was observed in front of spotter's residence. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lone Tree | $25,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Dougherty Drive in Lone Tree, IA during the late evening of July 30 and early morning of July 31. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | $10,000 | The county emergency manager reported a parked semi was blown over and damage to farm outbuildings. Also power poles were down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down several large tree limbs in Lone Tree, IA at 528 am July 21. Some of the limbs were 12 inches in diameter. A power outage was also observed. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | $5,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 to 70 mph blew down one foot diameter tree limbs as well as power lines in Lone Tree, IA. Time estimated. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Lone Tree | $5,000 | crossed into Muscatine county |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Lone Tree | $2,000 | Crossed into Muscatine County |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Lone Tree | - | An EF0 tornado lofted a corn crib, snapped trees, bent an auger, and partially destroyed a roof on a farm outbuilding. This tornado continued into Muscatine County, Iowa. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | Measured wind gust of 71 MPH at School in town. Tree blown over onto power lines. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | Wind damage to some buildings and structures. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Lone Tree | - | A tornado developed south of Lone Tree in Johnson County, as evidenced by a public photo. The tornado then tracked rapidly northeast, and caused damage to outbuildings at a farm west of Nichols along Highway 22. The tornado then continue through open farm land before lifting between West Liberty and Atalissa. The tornado was rated EF-1 with max winds around 90 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | Tree branches larger than 2 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Lone Tree | - | The Iowa River near Lone Tree rose above the major flood stage of 18.0 feet during the morning hours of the 7th and fell back below the major flood stage very early on the 13th. The river crested at 20.4 feet around 430 AM on the 9th. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | The county emergency manager received a report from the sheriff's office of a barn blown down in Lone Tree on 640th and SOO. |
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Lone Tree | - | A team from the National Weather Service surveyed the area around Lone Tree. No damage was found. The path is estimated from witness accounts, photos, and video evidence. Several witnesses described a funnel that went up and down numerous times. Photo and video documentation show that a tornado did touch down at least briefly to the west and north of Lone Tree. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lone Tree | - | Nickel-sized hail fell in Lone Tree, IA from 447 am to 451 am July 21. This report was relayed by another trained spotter in Iowa City. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Lone Tree, IA at 516 am July 21. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lone Tree | - | Numerous roads in the southern part of Johnson County around Lone Tree were closed due to flash flooding. One woman stranded in her car north of Lone Tree had to be rescued. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lone Tree | - | dime size hail & heavy rain |
| March 2006 | Heavy Rain | Lone Tree | - | also dime sized hail |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lone Tree | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Lone Tree | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lone Tree | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Junction | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hills | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Parkhurst (historical) | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Breckenridge Estates | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Midway (historical) | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Graham (historical) | 13.0 miles | 14 | |
| Iowa City | 13.2 miles | 19 | |
| University Heights | 13.4 miles | 19 |
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 Lone Tree | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1930393 | 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 458576. 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.