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Farmington, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52626. It stands on Big Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle. 579 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Farmington within Van Buren County

On record in Farmington

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Farmington fell from 664 to 579 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
2010664
2020579-85 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 2006 and 2014, burning about 179 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5

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
9 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2014Debris and open burning75 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2014Debris and open burning9.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Farmington: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Farmington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camanche QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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
July 2003Flash FloodFarmington$100,000On Hwy 81 at the Iowa/Missouri state line
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington$80,000Old porch roof off & trailer overturned
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFarmington$50,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down several trees and power lines in Farmington, IA around 700 pm July 27. One tree fell on a house at 519 N. 2nd Street. Another tree fell on a car on Washington Street. Additional tree damage was reported near Pearl Street and 4th Street.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington$50,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFarmington$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree down onto a mobile home in Farmington, IA at 825 pm CDT June 26.
August 2004LightningFarmington$20,000Lightning strike destroyed the entire electrical system of a house and all electric appliances that were plugged into it.
June 2010Flash FloodFarmington$10,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of several streets in Farmington, IA as well as Highway 2 just east of Farmington during the morning of June 21. According to the local paper, more than 20 property owners reported damage from the storm. In particular, a two block stretch of Highway 2 or North 4th Street in Farmington was flooded from runoff from Shimek Forest with debris washed across the road near Pearl Street. A section of State Street between 3rd and 4th streets was eroded. Several buildings were flooded, including the historic old buggy factory located at Second and State Streets, an accounting business, and an auto body repair shop. Rapid runoff scraped the surface of many city streets and numerous basements were flooded. The local newspaper also reported that the mayor of Farmington measured about 4.5 inches of rain between 3 am and 430 am CDT (90 minutes).
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFarmington$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines in Farmington, IA at 655 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington$5,000Large 15 inch diameter limb down on Olive Street.
June 2006HailFarmington$2,000penny to quarter size hail; reported by fire chief & spotter
August 2005Thunderstorm WindFarmington$2,000Thunderstorm produced additional wind damage in Clark County Missouri. Several 6-8 inch diameter maples along with numerous smaller limbs were downed.
May 1995HailFarmington$2,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Large tree branch down. Time estimated by radar data.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Broadcast media relayed a report of numerous large oak trees down in town and the roof of a building peeled back. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFarmington-The local fire department reported a few medium sized tree branches were down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Tree was reported blown down, estimated wind by storm chaser at 60 mph.
May 2014HailFarmington-Golf ball sized hail fell in Farmington, IA at 410 pm CDT May 11.
November 2013HailFarmington-Penny sized hail fell for 5 minutes.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFarmington-A trained spotter reported one tree down along with a power pole down near Farmington.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed about 5 miles northwest of Croton, IA at 515 pm CDT August 20.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and branches across streets about 5 miles northwest of Croton, IA, or in the Farmington, IA area, around 715 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed.
March 2006HailFarmington-dime size hail
March 2006HailFarmington-dime size hail
June 2002Flash FloodFarmington-Very heavy rain occurred in Farmington, with 2 inches of rain measured in just 30 minutes. This heavy rain forced Indian Creek out of it's banks.
May 2001FloodFarmington-Small stream flooding reported by trained spotter. Normally dry creek out of it's banks covering road.
September 2001Heavy RainFarmington-1.30 inches of rain in 45 minutes. Reported by storm spotter.
March 2024HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2021HailFarmington-no account filed
May 1995HailFarmington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Buren 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
Plymouth0.9 miles12
Palestine (historical)4.6 miles12
Bonaparte5.1 miles12
Lexington (historical)5.6 miles12
Vernon8.2 miles12
Bentonsport8.3 miles12
Harrisburg9.2 miles11
Mount Sterling10.1 miles13

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 FarmingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1933291The 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 456553. 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.