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.
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
- Lincoln Schoollisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresFarley 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,537 | |
| 2020 | 1,766 | +229 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dyersville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | EPWORTH FIRE DEPT. |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koopman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johns Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lansing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | $250,000 | Wind 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph damaged some outbuildings just south of Farley, IA at 3:36 pm June 12. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | $8,000 | Tree down on a car |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some power lines in Farley, IA at 435 pm July 2. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | $3,000 | Trees down |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | Emergency management relayed a report of measured high winds. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Farley | - | The trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 45 MPH with the hail. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | A public report was received of 20 to 30 trees down across town. This report was relayed by the emergency manager. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Farley | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell in Farley, IA at 3:33 pm June 12. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | Tin removed from roof of building. Reported by emergency management. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Farley | - | Street flooding. |
| August 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Farley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epworth | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mekee | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kidder | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bankston | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Summit Village Dyersville Park | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dyersville | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Worthington | 6.8 miles | 12 |
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 Farley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1932728 | 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 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.







