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Farley, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52046. The Survey maps it on the Dyersville East quadrangle. 1,766 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.

Farley within Dubuque County

On record in Farley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Farley grew from 1,537 to 1,766 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,537
20201,766+229 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Farley between 2009 and 2018, burning about 62 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesEPWORTH FIRE DEPT.
21 March 2015Debris and open burning22 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Farley: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Koopman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johns Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lansing QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farley in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFarley$250,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down numerous trees and damaged several buildings from about 2 miles southeast of Farley, IA through the Epworth and Peosta vicinities, to Dubuque, IA between 8 am and 9 am June 19. A 300 foot cattle shed near Peosta, IA was displaced from its foundation.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFarley$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph damaged some outbuildings just south of Farley, IA at 3:36 pm June 12.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFarley$8,000Tree down on a car
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFarley$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some power lines in Farley, IA at 435 pm July 2.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFarley$3,000Trees down
March 2020Thunderstorm WindFarley-Emergency management relayed a report of measured high winds.
August 2018HailFarley-The trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 45 MPH with the hail.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFarley-A public report was received of 20 to 30 trees down across town. This report was relayed by the emergency manager.
June 2008HailFarley-Golf ball-sized hail fell in Farley, IA at 3:33 pm June 12.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindFarley-Tin removed from roof of building. Reported by emergency management.
June 1999Flash FloodFarley-Street flooding.
August 2023Funnel CloudFarley-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFarley-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindFarley-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFarley-no account filed
June 1998HailFarley-no account filed
June 1998HailFarley-no account filed
May 1997HailFarley-no account filed
May 1997HailFarley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dubuque County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Epworth3.9 miles14
Mekee4.0 miles12
Kidder4.4 miles14
Pleasant Grove5.6 miles14
Bankston5.8 miles15
Summit Village Dyersville Park6.4 miles12
Dyersville6.8 miles12
Worthington6.8 miles12

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 FarleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1932728The 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 456539. 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.