New London, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in New London Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52645. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle. 1,910 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
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On record in New London
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 4 records
John and Lavina Bangs Houselisted 2003
McClellan's General Storelisted 2003
Peterson Manufacturing Buildinglisted 1997
Smith and Weller Buildinglisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresNew London grew from 1,897 to 1,910 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 | 1,897 | |
| 2020 | 1,910 | +13 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New London between 2011 and 2020, burning about 74 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New London in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2009 | Lightning | New London | $75,000 | Lightning started a house fire in New London, IA around 455 pm on May 15. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew some siding off a house on the northwest side of New London, IA around 640 pm June 23. This report was relayed by the emergency manager of Henderson County Illinois. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew the siding off a house in New London, IA around 639 pm June 23. |
| April 1994 | Hail | New London | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Recorded wind gust by the Iowa DOT. |
| July 2021 | Hail | New London | - | A trained spotter reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| July 2021 | Hail | New London | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail fell for 2 minutes. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A tree and some limbs reported down, with heavy rain and strong winds continuing. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A 4 inch diameter peach tree branch was broken off. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A trained spotter reported that 4 to 6 inch tree limbs were down and the power was out. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A measured report by a spotter relayed through emergency management. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | The spotter reported 50 to 60 mph wind gusts. |
| February 2017 | Hail | New London | - | A spotter reported pea to nickel size hail for a 6 minute long period. |
| February 2017 | Hail | New London | - | A public report of quarter size hail was received. |
| April 2015 | Hail | New London | - | The Fire Department in New London reported golf ball sized hail was falling. The report was relayed by the Henry County 911 Center. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A barn was severely damaged. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A trained spotter reported a 10 inch partially rotted tree branch blown down at Chestnut and McKinley. A 4 inch health branch was blown down on the road near 300 East Cleveland in New London. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 50 to 60 mph in New London, IA around 645 pm June 23. |
| June 2008 | Hail | New London | - | Nickel-sized hail fell about 3 miles south of New London, IA at 6:35 pm June 12. |
| June 2008 | Hail | New London | - | Hail estimated to be dime-sized fell in the vicinity of New London, IA. |
| June 2008 | Hail | New London | - | Hail estimated to be dime-sized fell just south of New London, IA. |
| June 2006 | Hail | New London | - | up to penny size hail |
| October 2001 | Hail | New London | - | 0.75 in hail reported by law enforcement. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported in New London. |
| March 2023 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | New London | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lowell | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Union | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Oakland Mills | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Traxler (historical) | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Westwood | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Denova (historical) | 12.7 miles | 11 |
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 New London | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926310 | 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 459480. 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.
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.





