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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.

Cathedral Square within Dubuque County

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.

Every listing in Dubuque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

7 since 2007

Regional 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/undetermined4
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMINES OF SPAIN REC AREA, IOWA
1 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 October 2012Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1/2 SOUTH OF HWY 3, IA
14 October 2015Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Brugh and Amsden MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beadle Mine, Dubuque and L Superior MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Fourteenth Street MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Levens Mine North Langworthy MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Composite SectionPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Creek BankPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Creek BankPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque 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
Dubuque0.7 miles19
Center Grove2.1 miles20
Rockdale2.1 miles20
South Switch Junction2.1 miles20
Key West3.2 miles20
Eagle Point3.2 miles19
Cattese3.3 miles20
Frith Spur4.0 miles19

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.