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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.

Lu Verne within Kossuth County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesHYWAY 210-MILE 25, IA
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 October 2012Smoking15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kossuth County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ensle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kossuth County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024FloodLu Verne$128,000The 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 2018FloodLu Verne$100,000The 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 2018FloodLu Verne$100,000The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona crested at 19.16 feet on 22 September 2018 at 1915 UTC.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLu Verne$75,000Kossuth 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 2008Flash FloodLu Verne$20,000Water flowing over the road.
May 2000HailLu Verne$10,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLu Verne$3,000Measured wind by the KCCI schoolnet site.
May 2024FloodLu Verne-The East Fork Des Moines River at Algona crested at 17.64 ft on May 22 at 9:15 am CDT.
July 2024FloodLu Verne-The East Fork of the Des Moines River at Algona remained in flood from a peak crest in June 2024.
March 2019FloodLu 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 2018Heavy RainLu Verne-Broadcast media relayed report of heavy rainfall of 3.65 inches.
March 2017HailLu Verne-Trained spotter reported pea to penny sized hail.
August 2013Funnel CloudLu Verne-no account filed
April 2008HailLu Verne-no account filed
June 1999HailLu Verne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kossuth County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hanna4.0 miles8
Galbraith6.7 miles8
Saint Joseph8.1 miles8
Saint Benedict9.0 miles7
Irvington9.4 miles8
Sexton12.1 miles7
Wesley13.2 miles7
Algona14.0 miles8

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.