Bagley, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Dodge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50026. The Survey maps it on the Bagley quadrangle. 233 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBagley fell from 303 to 233 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 | 303 | |
| 2020 | 233 | -70 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bagley between 2006 and 2010, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1444 140TH ST., BAGLEY, IOWA |
| 26 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HWY 4 AND HWY 141, IOWA |
| 25 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bagley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagley in 43 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported water over P18 north of Bagley, along the Greene and Guthrie county line. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Bagley | $25,000 | Flood waters moving over highway 141 from water flowing out of fields. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $10,000 | An off-duty NWS employee reported damage to two farmsteads near Yale with doors blown in on sheds and some metal blown out of the side. Tree damage near the two properties and in and around the town of Yale was also reported. Numerous branches were down in the area with a few large branches down as well. A couple full, old hollow trees were down near the properties. Corn was flattened in the area. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $10,000 | Water flowing over Quail Road. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Bagley | $10,000 | Both vehicles at a house received considerable hail damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $10,000 | Power lines were downed by high winds. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $10,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $10,000 | Several trees down and power was out in town. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Bagley | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $5,000 | A tree was blown over at 1247 Quail Road. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Bagley | $5,000 | Winds were estimated at 40 to 50 MPH. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bagley | $5,000 | Guthrie County EM reported nickel to quarter size hail on Highway 141 between Highway 24 and Bagley. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $5,000 | High winds downed a power pole. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Bagley | $5,000 | Mostly tracked through rural area |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bagley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bagley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bagley | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bagley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bagley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Bagley | $2,000 | Relayed by the Guthrie County Emergency Manager. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $2,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Bagley | $1,000 | Tornado developed east southeast of Bagley and did no damage until near the county line where an aging power pole was snapped. The tornado path was also visible in high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado moved into Greene County. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Estimated wind gust from Guthrie county EM. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Bagley | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.06 inches. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Bagley | - | Guthrie county emergency manager reported multiple roadways with running water over them. Not reported as widespread at the time. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Bagley | - | Emergency manager reported two to three minutes of dime to quarter sized hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Emergency manager report of 60 mph wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Bagley | - | Emergency manager reported a lot of pea sized hail with periodic nickle sized hail mixing in. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Emergency manager reported an outbuilding had the roof blown off. Time estimated via radar. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bagley | - | QLCS tornado developed along the leading edge of the convection in northeast rural Guthrie County. The tornado remained in cropland for its entire path producing plenty of crop damage along with topping trees in a few different groves. The path was initially narrow but broadened as it continued northeast. Only toward the end of the track did it narrow once more. Damage path was also visible on high resolution satellite imagery. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Local fire department reported 2 to 3 foot diameter tree down in Bagley. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bagley | - | Emergency Manager reported flooding within the town of Bagley. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bagley | - | CoCoRaHS report of storm total heavy rainfall of 6.25 inches. End time estimated from radar. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Bagley | - | Emergency Manager reported Highway 141 closed near Bagley. Highway 141 now nearly impassable from Highway 4 to Coon Rapids. |
| October 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bagley | - | Rainfall of 2.62 inches in the past 24 hours. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bagley | - | Rainfall of 2.15 inches. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Wind speeds estimated at 60 MPH. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bagley | - | 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.
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 Bagley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1947876 | 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 454316. 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.
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.






