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.
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
- Green Mill Ford Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drappe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Foelske Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yokom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Assink Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dobbs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Janesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flood | Janesville | $50,000 | Emergency 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $50,000 | Emergency Manager reported a tree uprooted and on a house in town. Many large limbs down throughout the county. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $50,000 | At 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 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Janesville | $30,000 | Tornado swept through open countryside across Southern Bremer County. Damage was limited to mainly outbuildings and crops. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $25,000 | Tree branches of 18 inch diameter were broken. A tree fell on a house. Powerlines were reported down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Janesville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Janesville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Janesville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Janesville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Janesville | $1,000 | This 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 2013 | Hail | Janesville | $1,000 | Reported by KWWL TV channel 7 in Waterloo. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | - | Personal weather station gust to 80 mph. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (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 2017 | Hail | Janesville | - | Trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Janesville | - | Trained spotter reported pea to half dollar sized hail. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Janesville | - | KWWL reported heavy rainfall of 2.75 inches over the last 24 hours. |
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.
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.



