License plate readers in Clear Lake, IA
Volunteers have documented 10 automated license plate readers inside Clear Lake. That is the 22nd-largest total among the 24 Iowa cities indexed here, and 1.1% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 10.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 78% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 11, 2026.
10
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
22nd
of 24 indexed Iowa cities · 2,208th of 2,395 nationally
1.1%
of Iowa’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety9 · 90%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 10%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 10 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Coverage area
- 10.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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