Lowell, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Baltimore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52645. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. 70 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Lowell
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 2012 and 2020, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renner Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Schroeder Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beattie Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Hail | Lowell | - | Hail ranged from dime to golf ball sized. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Lowell | - | A public report of 1.5 inch diameter hail was received through social media. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lowell | - | Quarter sized hail fell 5 miles west northwest of Lowell, IA at 242 pm CDT June 16. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lowell | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Lowell, IA at 6:29 pm June 12. Winds between 30 and 40 mph and heavy rain was also observed. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lowell | - | Water ponded 6 to 8 inches deep on roads in some spots. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| New London | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Denova (historical) | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oakland Mills | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Westwood | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hillsboro | 14.8 miles | 11 |
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 Lowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48841800 | 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 458654. 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.





