Fanslers, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Victory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50115. It stands on Springbrook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guthrie Center East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Panora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Guthrie Center East 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 Fanslers between 2006 and 2020, burning about 46 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fanslers: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Brook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fanslers in 34 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Fanslers | $400,000 | EF-1 tornado started near Sunset Beach on Lake Panorama before heading northeast to just south of Yale. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Fanslers | $120,000 | The tornado touched down north of Guthrie Center and promptly destroyed an outbuilding along State Highway 25. The tornado continued northeast through wooded areas west of Springbrook State Park with some tree and minor house damage. The tornado then emerged into more open cropland producing damage to a hog confinement and snapping large utility poles along 120th Street west of Quail Road. The circulation passed west of Bagley and tipped over a semi on State Highway 141 and continued northeast before moving out of the county into Greene County. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Fanslers | $100,000 | Water over the spillway and road in Springbrook State Park. DNR is evacuating the park. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | $50,000 | Northwest facing sections of the Port Restaurant were damaged. Pieces of roofing and plywood were thrown into the ditch next to the road. Several roof trusses were visible. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Fanslers | $25,000 | Water was over 170th St between Quail Ave and Redwood Ave. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | $15,000 | Three whole trees of 12 inch diameter snapped. Corn field flattened, with corn laying in same direction. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | $10,000 | Several six inch tree limbs down. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Fanslers | $10,000 | Water was over the road in several places between Jamaica and Yale. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Fanslers | $5,000 | Tornado developed over Lake Panorama and produced a pronounced but narrow path of damage to the northeast. Numerous trees were damaged with some minor house damage at residences on the north shore of Lake Panorama. Tornado then entered rural areas north of the lake producing minor tree and property damage before lifting. Tornado initially reported by Emergency Manager. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fanslers | $5,000 | Report came from Springbrook State Park. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fanslers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fanslers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fanslers | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | - | Wind gusts up to 60 mph and nickel sized hail. This occurred along a two to three mile wide area centered on this location. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | - | Trained spotter reported rain and strong winds resulting in broken and damaged trees. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Fanslers | - | Emergency manager reports 160th St in the Springbrook State Park area is closed due to water over the road. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Fanslers | - | Washed out gravel roads and road closures due to water over the road in the area. |
| November 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Fanslers | - | Law Enforcement reported a weak tornado northeast of Guthrie Center near the southern shore of Lake Panorama. The tornado remained in rural areas with no damage indicators impacted, therefore an EF-U rating. |
| November 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Fanslers | - | Tornado touched down in an unharvested corn field just north of 180th street about one half mile west of Redwood Avenue. The tornado traveled northeast remaining in agricultural fields and crossing Redwood Avenue then ending prior to 170th street. No damage indicators were impacted by the tornado, hence the EF-U rating. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | - | Trained spotter reported wind gusts to around 60 mph. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Fanslers | - | Emergency Manager reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | - | Trained spotter reported a lot of nickel hail and heavy rainfall. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | - | Trained spotter reported a lot of nickel sized hail and very heavy rainfall. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Fanslers | - | Rainfall of around 4 inches in the past 3 hours resulted in water inundation of fields in the area. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Fanslers | - | Total rainfall since 1630 CST was 4.00 inches. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Fanslers | - | Trained spotter reports penny to nickel size hail. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanslers | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fanslers | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Fanslers | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Panorama | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Yale | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Guthrie Center | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Panora | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bagley | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wichita | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Monteith | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Herndon | 8.7 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597587 | 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 456538. 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.






