License plate readers in Storm Lake, IA
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside Storm Lake. That is the 12th-largest total among the 20 Iowa cities indexed here, and 2.2% of the statewide total. At 3.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 81% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Kading Properties, LLC. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
18
readers documented
3.3
per square mile
12th
of 20 indexed Iowa cities
2.2%
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 Safety18 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 18 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Storm Lake Police Department (15), Kading Properties, LLC (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (17)
- Coverage area
- 5.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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