Flock camera map: Iowa

837 documented Flock Safety and other ALPR camera locations mapped in Iowa — 0.6% of the US total — refreshed nightly from OpenStreetMap and last updated September 4, 2026.

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837

Cameras on the map

Cities with their own page

0.6%

Of the US documented total

Iowa Flock camera map by city

Where the documented cameras cluster. Each city page maps its own cameras with vendor and facing direction.

City	Cameras	Share of IA
Cedar Rapids	71	8.5%
West Des Moines	62	7.4%
Altoona	58	6.9%
Marshalltown	45	5.4%
Ames	39	4.7%
Iowa City	33	3.9%
Urbandale	32	3.8%
Dubuque	31	3.7%
Council Bluffs	27	3.2%
Sioux City	24	2.9%
Storm Lake	19	2.3%
Burlington	16	1.9%
Windsor Heights	16	1.9%
Davenport	16	1.9%
Ankeny	15	1.8%
Des Moines	14	1.7%
Oelwein	14	1.7%
Coralville	13	1.6%
Newton	13	1.6%
Clinton	12	1.4%

All 25 Iowa cities →

Which way Iowa cameras face

An ALPR reads plates only in the direction it points, so a camera facing away from your lane doesn't photograph your plate. 216 of the 837 documented cameras in Iowa have a recorded bearing.

N — 15
NE — 36
E — 14
SE — 31
S — 25
SW — 36
W — 20
NW — 39

Bearings are rounded to the nearest of eight compass points. The 621 cameras without a recorded direction aren't counted here — that detail simply hasn't been tagged yet.

Camera vendors in Iowa

Flock Safety — 784 cameras
Unknown vendor — 40 cameras
Genetec — 10 cameras
Motorola/Vigilant — 3 cameras

Vendor comes from OpenStreetMap's optional manufacturer tag. Most cameras read as unknown vendor because nobody has recorded that detail, not because the hardware is unidentifiable.

Planning a route around Iowa cameras

The interactive map includes a route planner: set a start and an end point and it returns both a direct route and one routed around documented cameras, so you can weigh the extra distance against the cameras avoided. It can only route around cameras that have been mapped, which in Iowa means these 837.

Common questions

Is there a Flock camera map for Iowa?

Yes. FlockScanner maps 837 documented ALPR (automated license plate reader) camera locations in Iowa, including Flock Safety cameras, as of September 4, 2026. That is 0.6% of all cameras documented nationally. Each is plotted with its vendor where recorded and, for 216 of them, the compass direction it faces. The data comes from OpenStreetMap volunteers and refreshes nightly.

How many Flock cameras are on the map in Iowa?

837 as of September 4, 2026, spread across 25 cities with their own map page. This counts cameras volunteers have mapped, not every camera installed in Iowa, so treat it as a floor rather than a total.

Which cities in Iowa have the most Flock cameras?

By documented count, the Iowa cities with the most mapped ALPR cameras are Cedar Rapids (71), West Des Moines (62), Altoona (58), Marshalltown (45), Ames (39). Each has its own map page on FlockScanner listing the individual cameras. Bear in mind this ranks mapping activity as well as deployment.

Which way do Flock cameras in Iowa face?

216 of the 837 documented cameras in Iowa have a recorded compass bearing. 39 face NW, 36 face NE, 36 face SW, 31 face SE. Direction matters because an ALPR reads plates only in the direction it points, so a camera facing away from your lane does not photograph your plate.

More on Iowa

As of September 4, 2026, FlockScanner maps 138,636 documented ALPR (automated license plate reader) cameras across 50 US states, including Flock Safety cameras, sourced from OpenStreetMap and refreshed nightly. That figure is a lower bound on the number actually installed — it counts what volunteers have mapped, not what exists.