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Janesville, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50647. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.

Janesville within Bremer County

On record in Janesville

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Janesville between 2006 and 2014, burning about 37 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1

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
11 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Janesville: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Drappe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Foelske Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Yokom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Assink Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dobbs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Janesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Janesville in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2018FloodJanesville$50,000Emergency management reported multiple road closures due to standing or running water over the roadways. Creeks across much of the county were overwhelmed with flooded fields as well. The Bremer County dispatch also noted closures at 200th and Hawthorne, 130th and Midway, 310th and Morgan, 1900 block of Marquis Rd, 200 block of 200th St. and 150th and Dakota.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJanesville$50,000Emergency Manager reported a tree uprooted and on a house in town. Many large limbs down throughout the county.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindJanesville$50,000At the high school in Janesville, the roof of the softball dugout was ripped off and parts were wrapped around a light pole. The fence was blown over.
June 2001Tornado (F1)Janesville$30,000Tornado swept through open countryside across Southern Bremer County. Damage was limited to mainly outbuildings and crops.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJanesville$25,000Tree branches of 18 inch diameter were broken. A tree fell on a house. Powerlines were reported down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJanesville$25,000no account filed
May 2008HailJanesville$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailJanesville$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailJanesville$10,000no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindJanesville$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJanesville$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailJanesville$5,000no account filed
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Janesville$1,000This tornado crossed the path of another tornado and then hit a farmstead, doing some minor tree damage. Crop damage was also noted along its path. Tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
June 2013HailJanesville$1,000Reported by KWWL TV channel 7 in Waterloo.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindJanesville-Personal weather station gust to 80 mph.
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Janesville-Tornado moved into Bremer County from Black Hawk County. The tornado remained over open cropland before dissipating with little if any damage.
June 2017HailJanesville-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail.
June 2017HailJanesville-Trained spotter reported pea to half dollar sized hail.
December 2015Heavy RainJanesville-KWWL reported heavy rainfall of 2.75 inches over the last 24 hours.

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Waverly Junction3.8 miles9
Waverly5.5 miles11
Denver6.9 miles10
Artesian8.8 miles10
Bremer9.5 miles9
Knittel11.8 miles10
Klinger12.9 miles9
Readlyn13.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457912. 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.