Luana, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Monona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52156. The Survey maps it on the Monona quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
On record in Luana
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
- Monona Township Culvertlisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresLuana grew from 269 to 301 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 | 269 | |
| 2020 | 301 | +32 (+12%) |
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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Monona quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Luana between 2014 and 2019, burning about 78 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | LUANA FIRE DEPT. |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Luana: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doerring Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gisleson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Swenson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luana in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | $30,000 | Near Luana, the winds lifted up a barn and dropped it several feet away. Some cattle were trapped inside the destroyed barn. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | $3,000 | A few trees down and power lines knocked down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | $2,000 | Road signs were blown down east of Postville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luana | - | Reports of trees and power lines down across northern Clayton County were relayed by law enforcement. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Luana | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over roads in various sections of Clayton County. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Luana | - | Law Enforcement officials reported a mud slide on Highway 76 one mile north of Marquette and flooded rural roadways in Clayton County. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Luana | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Luana | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Luana | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Luana | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Luana | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Luana | - | 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 Luana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q726472 | 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 458671. 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.






