Luxemburg, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52056. The Survey maps it on the New Vienna quadrangle. 245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,175 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLuxemburg grew from 240 to 245 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 | 240 | |
| 2020 | 245 | +5 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Luxemburg between 2006 and 2018, burning about 122 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 31002 NEW VIENNA RD, IOWA |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Luxemburg: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermsen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wpa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luxemburg in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Luxemburg | $250,000 | A lightning strike was the likely cause of an early morning fire August 9 that caused significant damage to the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Luxemburg, IA. Authorities were notified at 236 am CDT that flames were coming out of the church steeple. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luxemburg | $500 | Public report that wind tore off a shed door; dime size hail also occurred. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luxemburg | - | Broadcast media reported 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branch blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luxemburg | - | Power lines reported down between Luxemburg and Holy Cross. |
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Luxemburg | - | An EF-1 tornado near Luxemburg Iowa, with estimate peak winds of 90 mph, damaged trees and outbuildings on two farms along a 1.1 mile path that was 25 yards wide. Debris from one of the outbuildings was blown into a farm house. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Luxemburg | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell 2 miles north of Luxemburg, IA around 846 pm July 10. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Luxemburg | - | dime size hail |
| May 2000 | Hail | Luxemburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| New Vienna | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mekee | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bankston | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Summit Village Dyersville Park | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dyersville | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cottage Hill | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| O'Neill | 9.9 miles | 15 |
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 Luxemburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1915153 | 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 458690. 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.






