Lorimor, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in New Hope Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50149. The Survey maps it on the Lorimor North quadrangle. 386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,224 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLorimor grew from 360 to 386 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 | 360 | |
| 2020 | 386 | +26 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Afton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lorimor North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Creston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lorimor between 2007 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Natural | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1230 UNBRELLA AVE, IA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
54 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorimor in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 hail, 17 heavy rain, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Lorimor | $75,000 | Flash flooding was reported throughout the east and southeast portions of Union County. The flooding was along the Thompson River and tributaries were well out of their banks. Several gravel roads were under water with trees on the roads, carried by flood waters. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lorimor | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported road closures across the eastern portions of the county. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Lorimor | $50,000 | County roads were washed out due to heavy rains. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lorimor | $15,000 | Hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 169 and 130th St. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Lorimor | $10,000 | Closure of 120th Street due to water over road. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $10,000 | Large limbs and branches were downed in the Lorimor and Creston areas. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lorimor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lorimor | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lorimor | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $2,000 | Tree limbs were blown down on the road. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Lorimor | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lorimor | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lorimor | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Hail reported near Rea Road and Creamery Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Delayed report by trained spotter. Hail up to 1.75 inches shredded leaves. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Photo from WHO viewer. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | - | A 62 mph wind gust recorded on handheld anemometer with blinding rain in sheets. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Report via social media. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | - | Trees down on the road. Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lorimor | - | Public report via images on social media. Time estimated via radar. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.31 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.27 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.27 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.51 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Lorimor | - | Public reported a funnel cloud. |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Lorimor | - | Public reported a funnel cloud. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.26 inches. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.0 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 1.90 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 3.02 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 4.00 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Public reported storm total rainfall of about 5.50 inches. End time based on radar. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.84 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | - | A spotter reported 60 MPH winds and pea size hail. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Storm total rainfall for the two days was 3.79 inches. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Rainfall during the past 24 hours was 3.55 inches. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Rainfall of 3.69 inches in the past 24 hours. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Rainfall of 2.45 inches in 24 hours. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Rainfall total 4.15 inches so far, mostly since midnight. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Lorimor | - | Rainfall of 3.50 inches. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lorimor | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Lorimor | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Lorimor | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorimor | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lorimor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monette | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Thayer | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Talmage | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Afton Junction (historical) | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Afton | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shepard (historical) | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Arispe | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| East Creston | 15.7 miles | 9 |
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 Lorimor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q920903 | 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 458617. 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.
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.






