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Ludlow, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ludlow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52172. The Survey maps it on the Frankville quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.

Ludlow within Allamakee County

On record in Ludlow

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

7 surveys from 11 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

18 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ludlow between 2009 and 2020, burning about 513 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2018Debris and open burning300 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2018Debris and open burning12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Recreation and ceremony35 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ludlow: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Held QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ludlow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mccabe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Van Horn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allamakee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludlow in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLudlow$30,000A barn was destroyed by damaging winds east of Frankville. Tin from the barn was thrown into power lines causing a power outage.
September 2016Flash FloodLudlow$12,000Flood waters covered Pole Line Road northeast of Frankville.
June 2014Flash FloodLudlow$5,000Several roads across the southern sections of Allamakee County suffered minor wash outs due to run off from heavy rains. In addition, the Yellow River was out of its banks and over County Road X16.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLudlow$3,000Numerous trees were blown down across the central and southern part of Allamakee County south of Waukon.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLudlow$300no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLudlow-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred west of Waukon.
April 2014HailLudlow-Quarter sized hail was reported between Postville and Waukon.
April 2018HailLudlow-no account filed
June 2014HailLudlow-no account filed
June 2006HailLudlow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allamakee 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
Waukon5.7 miles13
Hanover9.6 miles11
Postville9.8 miles11
Maud10.4 miles14
Rossville10.4 miles13
Lycurgus10.5 miles13
Volney12.2 miles14
Elon13.1 miles14

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 LudlowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6698822The 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 464631. 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.