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Lowell, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46356. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. 10,680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Lowell within Lake County

On record in Lowell

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lowell grew from 9,276 to 10,680 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,276
202010,680+1,404 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
M & W DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northern Indiana Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 2014Tornado (EF2)Lowell$250,000This strong tornado touched down near the intersection of Clark St and Belshaw Rd and ended slightly east of Harrison St. Outbuildings as well as two large grain bins were destroyed, and numerous large high-tension wood power poles were snapped. There was also numerous trees snapped and uprooted along with crop damage. Maximum winds were estimated to 115 mph.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Lowell$28,000This tornado started near Cline Avenue southwest of the community of Lowell and ended near W. 197th Rd. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Maximum winds were estimated to 100 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLowell$5,000Evidence of significant straight line winds up to 90 mph included seven snapped power poles and an approximately mile wide swath of corn crop that was completely flattened and trees snapped. In Lowell, a trained spotter measured 63 mph wind gusts while a mesonet site measured 86 mph wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowell$500A two foot diameter tree was blown down near Mill Street and Route 2, bringing down power lines. Other tree damage was reported in Lowell.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLowell-Numerous trees and power poles were downed around Lowell outside of the path of the EF-0 tornado.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindLowell-Lake County EMA reported power poles snapped in Lowell.
July 2025Heavy RainLowell-Storm total rainfall of 2.68 inches was measured by a private weather station with most of the rain falling in one hour between 12:30 CST and 13:30 CST.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLowell-A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLowell-An Ambient weather station measured a 64 mph gust in Lowell. Pea sized hail was also reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLowell-Small to medium size tree limbs were blown down in Lowell.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLowell-A trained spotter reported widespread tree damage across Lowell.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLowell-Tree limbs were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLowell-A wind gust to 81 mph was measured on a home weather station.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLowell-Tree damage was reported in and around Lowell.
March 2019Tornado (EF0)Lowell-Through pictures and other data provided by the Lake County, Indiana Emergency Management Agency, as well as trained storm spotters, a short lived EF-0 tornado was confirmed on the outskirts of the community of Lowell. The actual tornado may have very briefly lifted once or twice during its 2 to 3 minute duration, per reports and damage. The damage was limited mostly to trees, with portions of a few large trees downed including one on a home. There was also some shingle damage on another home, multiple fences damaged and one utility pole snapped and others damaged.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLowell-Multiple trees and a utility pole were snapped. A trailer was flipped over on US 41 in Lowell.
August 2016FloodLowell-Three to four inches of rain brought standing water over neighborhood roads in Lowell.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLowell-A tree was blown down in Lowell.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindLowell-Winds were estimated to 70 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLowell-Wind gusts were estimated to at least 60 mph.
May 2008HailLowell-Quarter size hail was reported near Route 2 and Commercial Street.
June 2008Heavy RainLowell-Four inches of storm total rainfall was measured in Lowell.
April 2007FloodLowell-Several roads and intersections were closed due to flooding, including 159th Street between Cline Avenue and Parrish due to one foot of standing water, 169th between the Illinois state line and Whiteoak due to one foot of standing water and 169th between Whiteoak and Sheffield.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLowell-Six inch diameter tree limb blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLowell-A semi tractor-trailer was overturned by wind on Interstate 65 at mile marker 238.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLowell-A spotter reported a 60 mph gust at Route 41. A power pole was blown down in Schneider.
July 1994HailLowell-Five willow trees were downed at a golf course.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLowell-no account filed
March 2019HailLowell-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLowell-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLowell-no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindLowell-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLowell-no account filed
June 2006HailLowell-no account filed
July 2003HailLowell-no account filed
May 2000HailLowell-no account filed
July 1999HailLowell-no account filed
May 1997HailLowell-no account filed
April 1996HailLowell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
North Hayden2.0 miles12
Belshaw3.0 miles12
Lake Dalecarlia3.0 miles12
Creston3.3 miles12
Orchard Grove3.6 miles12
Cedar Lake5.2 miles12
Dinwiddie6.3 miles12
Cook6.5 miles12

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 LowellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q543975The 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 438358. 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.

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.