Cattese, Iowa
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mosalem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52003. It sits by Horseshoe Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Dubuque South quadrangle.
On record in Cattese
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Julien Dubuque MonumentNational Historic Landmark · listed 1988 · 0.9 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
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Cattese between 2007 and 2019, burning about 39 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
| 30 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 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 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cattese: 16 past producers, 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brugh and Amsden Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Beadle Mine, Dubuque and L Superior Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Dubuque Sand and Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fourteenth Street Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beadle Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Brugh and Amsden Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Fourteenth Street Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Kilbourne Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Composite Section | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Switch Junction | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Rockdale | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Shawondasse | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Key West | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Massey | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Dubuque | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cathedral Square | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| King | 4.4 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122547892 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464492. 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.








