BlockBefore

Farnhamville, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Reading Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50538. The Survey maps it on the Farnhamville quadrangle.

Farnhamville within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Farnhamville between 2009 and 2012, burning about 17 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/undetermined3
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
20 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources3786 XENIA AVE, LOHRVILLE, IOWA
14 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesBAXTER AVE & 380TH ST., IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Farnhamville: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parsons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farnhamville in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado, 2 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
April 2007FloodFarnhamville$250,000no account filed
May 1998HailFarnhamville$75,000no account filed
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Farnhamville$50,000This tornado had a path in both Calhoun and Webster Counties. The path started west northwest of Farnhamville with the tornado heading north northeast passing on the east side of Somers. There was EF2 damage observed to the east southeast of Rinard where large utility poles were snapped. Additional tree and barn damage was observed south of Somers. The path continued top the northeast before exiting the county into Webster County just south of US Highway 20.
June 2018Flash FloodFarnhamville$50,000Law enforcement reported a one mile stretch of P21, Zearing Ave, closed due to water over the road. Depth was unknown at the time, but Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputy felt strongly enough that it needed barricades. The location was between 320th and 330th. Cause likely from Hardin Creek.
May 2005Tornado (F1)Farnhamville$50,000Tornado touched down on a farm north of Farnhamville, damaging several buildings on the farm. The tornado moved from Calhoun County into Webster County.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Farnhamville$30,000A tornado caused damage to 4 farmsteads with damage to trees and some minor damage to the farmstead.
August 2007Flash FloodFarnhamville$25,000Streets were reported as impassable with water over the roads south of Farnhamville at 370th and Highway P21.
April 2014HailFarnhamville$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville$5,000no account filed
June 2000LightningFarnhamville$5,000no account filed
August 2004HailFarnhamville$3,000no account filed
September 2004HailFarnhamville$3,000no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville$1,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville$1,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville-Another in a series of short lived miso-vorticies with this convective system. Produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville-Another very brief miso-vortex which passed into Webster county. This vortex produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolutions satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville-Very short miso-vortex produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFarnhamville-Small miso-vortex produced minor crop damage before crossing into Webster county. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
July 2010Funnel CloudFarnhamville-A trained spotter reported a small funnel half way to the ground just northwest of Farnhamville.
June 2008HailFarnhamville-no account filed
July 1999HailFarnhamville-no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Farnhamville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Easley2.4 miles8
Rinard6.3 miles8
Somers7.2 miles8
Lohrville7.7 miles8
Rands9.9 miles8
Piper10.0 miles8
Wightman11.3 miles8
Stimsons (historical)11.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456555. 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.