BlockBefore

Farlin, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bristol Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50129. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson West quadrangle.

Farlin within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Farlin between 2006 and 2017, burning about 12 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 October 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene 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 Farlin: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beazor Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farlin-Schlick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ferguson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcgregor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thorpe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farlin in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2008Flash FloodFarlin$25,000Two feet of water was reported over Highway 4 north of Farlin.
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Farlin$20,000This was a relatively brief tornado but none the less strong as it snapped power poles along I Avenue south of 180th Street to the northwest of Farlin. Otherwise, the tornado remained in rural areas of Greene County with no other reports of damage.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFarlin$2,000Winds approaching 60 MPH were estimated. Limbs of up to 6 inch in diameter were broken with pea to nickle size hail.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Farlin$1,000Tornado traveled northeast through Greene county east of Churdan. Encountered a farmstead where a small barn lost its roof. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFarlin-Personal weather station recorded 64 mph gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFarlin-Social media report of extensive tree damage including a large tree split and large tree branches broken. Time estimated via radar.
September 2019HailFarlin-Public reported quarter sized hail.
April 2018HailFarlin-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
April 2018HailFarlin-Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
August 2010HailFarlin-Pea to nickel size hail.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Churdan5.4 miles9
Jefferson5.7 miles9
Scranton6.3 miles8
Gravel Pit8.3 miles9
Adaza8.6 miles9
Winkelmans9.3 miles10
Green Brier10.8 miles10
Dana11.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456541. 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.