Lu Verne, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 50560. The Survey maps it on the Lu Verne quadrangle.
On record in Lu Verne
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
Lu Verne City Jaillisted 1992
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 Lu Verne quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lu Verne between 2006 and 2012, burning about 25 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 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HYWAY 210-MILE 25, IA |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 2012 | Smoking | 15 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 Lu Verne: 2 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.
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lu Verne in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 flood, 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flood | Lu Verne | $128,000 | The East Fork of the Des Moines at Algona crested at 20.73 ft on June 23 at 05:15 am CDT. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into July. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Lu Verne | $100,000 | The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona crested twice through the period of flooding. The first crest was 18.69 feet on 22 June 2018 at 22:15 UTC, the second crest was 19.33 feet on 26 June 2018 at 10:45 UTC. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Lu Verne | $100,000 | The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona crested at 19.16 feet on 22 September 2018 at 1915 UTC. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lu Verne | $75,000 | Kossuth County EM reports a swath of wind damage from Lu Verne extending 6 miles west and 4 miles north. Trees and power lines were downed and crops were flattened. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Lu Verne | $20,000 | Water flowing over the road. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lu Verne | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lu Verne | $3,000 | Measured wind by the KCCI schoolnet site. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Lu Verne | - | The East Fork Des Moines River at Algona crested at 17.64 ft on May 22 at 9:15 am CDT. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Lu Verne | - | The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona remained in flood from a peak crest in June 2024. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Lu Verne | - | The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona crested two times during the flood period. The first crest was 18.63 feet on 18 March 2019 at 03:45 UTC and the second crest was 18.60 feet on 19 March 2019 at 03:30 UTC. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Lu Verne | - | Broadcast media relayed report of heavy rainfall of 3.65 inches. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Lu Verne | - | Trained spotter reported pea to penny sized hail. |
| August 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Lu Verne | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lu Verne | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lu Verne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Galbraith | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Joseph | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Benedict | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Irvington | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sexton | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wesley | 13.2 miles | 7 | |
| Algona | 14.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458670. 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.




