Loveland, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rockford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51555. The Survey maps it on the Loveland quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLoveland grew from 35 to 36 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 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 36 | +1 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Loveland between 2001 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Loveland: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loveland in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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 2024 | Flood | Loveland | $550,000 | Excessive rainfall across much of eastern South Dakota resulted in river flooding along the Missouri River at the end of June. Moderate flood stage was observed along the Missouri, with two Omaha river gauges cresting between 32.5 and 33.0 feet. Flood stage for this stretch of the Missouri ranges from 27.0 to 27.5 feet. At 3 pm, emergency management closed down Gifford Road in Council Bluffs as flood waters had reached the edge of the travel portion of the roadway. At 5:52 pm CDT on 6/25, Iowa Department of Transportation closed the I-680 Exit 1 westbound off-ramp as it became impassible due to flooding. By noon on 6/26, water was observed flowing over portions of the interstate and over lowlands into nearby farm fields. Later into the evening of the 26th, Iowa Department of Transportation reported numerous agricultural and local levee breaches west of Interstate 29 and north of Interstate 680 resulting in the rapid submerging of roads in this area. By 10:00 pm CDT, emergency management reported water to the shoulder of Interstate 29. By the morning of the 27th, water was observed on traffic cameras as covering segments of Interstate 29, primarily around mile marker 67.2 and north of Honey Creek. At 7:47 am CDT on the 29th, emergency management sent drone photos of I-29 completely submerged at and north of the I-680 interchange. Multiple ramps at the interchange were also submerged. At 3:30 pm CDT on the 29th, emergency management reported the waters had begun to recede, partially uncovering previously flooded stretches of Interstate 29. Damage in this county from the flood was estimated to be $637,250.00. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Loveland | $50,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River, which had gradually worsened over western Pottawattamie county during June and July, improved during August and basically ended by Sept. 11 as the river level at Omaha fell below its 29 foot flood stage. However, at it's peak the river near Omaha climbed to nearly 36 feet toward the end of June and remained very high into mid August. This caused extensive damage to Interstates 29 and 680 along with other roads and farm land in that area. Other properties near the river sustained flood damage and persistently high ground water also caused damage much of the summer. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | A line of thunderstorms produced damaging winds that blew a semi truck and a camper off of Interstate 29 at mile marker 72, which is about 3 miles south of Missouri Valley. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused sign and tree damage from the vicinity of I29 near Loveland to around Crescent. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Loveland | - | This was the second tornado that was observed by researchers tracking this storm. The tornado touched down briefly just northeast of exit 72 on Interstate 29 and lifted a little to the northeast, doing no apparent damage. The researchers were using DOW, a mobile radar system, and besides being visually seen by the researches, it also produced a tornadic signature on the DOW system. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Loveland | - | Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on the Boyer River basin on June 11th. The heavy rain caused flooding along the Boyer River from around Woodbine to Missouri Valley. The river at Logan crested at 19.7 feet at 215am CDT on June 12th. Flood stage at Logan is 19 feet. The flooding affected mainly agricultural lowlands in the area. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Loveland | - | According to researchers tracking this storm, who were using DOW - a mobile radar system, this brief tornado touched down around 2 miles west southwest of exit 72 on Interstate 29 and lifted about 1/2 mile east of the exit. The tornado downed 1 tree but did little other damage. Besides being visually seen by the researchers, it also produced a tornadic signature on the DOW system. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | 24 Semi trucks and other high profile vehicles were blown over on Interstate 80. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Loveland | - | 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.
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 Loveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2892350 | 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 458646. 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.






