Cathedral Square, Iowa
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dubuque City. It lies in ZIP code area 52001. It sits by Kellys Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Dubuque South quadrangle.
On record in Cathedral Square
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 within a mile 12 of 45 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
WILLIAM M. BLACK (dredge)National Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Dubuque County JailNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Garland Houselisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
Langworthy Houselisted 1975 · 0.2 miles away
Langworthy Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.2 miles away
Fenelon Place Elevatorlisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Fenelon Place Residential Historic Districtlisted 2015 · 0.4 miles away
Cathedral Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
J. H. Thedinga Houselisted 1976 · 0.5 miles away
Redstonelisted 1976 · 0.5 miles away
T. Ben Loetscher Houselisted 1989 · 0.5 miles away
Washington Parklisted 1977 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS East Dubuque quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS East Dubuque quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cathedral Square between 2007 and 2015, burning about 42 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 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | MINES OF SPAIN REC AREA, IOWA |
| 1 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1/2 SOUTH OF HWY 3, IA |
| 14 October 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Cathedral Square: 23 past producers, 8 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Brugh and Amsden Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beadle Mine, Dubuque and L Superior Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Fourteenth Street Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Levens Mine North Langworthy Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Composite Section | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Creek Bank | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Creek Bank | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubuque | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Center Grove | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Rockdale | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| South Switch Junction | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Key West | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Eagle Point | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cattese | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Frith Spur | 4.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 463965. 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.








