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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.

Cattese within Dubuque County

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.

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

9 since 2007

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
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
30 July 2012Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural ResourcesMINES OF SPAIN REC AREA, IOWA
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1/2 SOUTH OF HWY 3, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brugh and Amsden MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Beadle Mine, Dubuque and L Superior MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Dubuque Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fourteenth Street MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beadle MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
Brugh and Amsden MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
Fourteenth Street MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Kilbourne MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
Composite SectionPhosphorus-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
South Switch Junction1.2 miles20
Rockdale2.5 miles20
Shawondasse2.6 miles20
Key West2.9 miles20
Massey3.2 miles20
Dubuque3.2 miles19
Cathedral Square3.3 miles20
King4.4 miles20

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 Q122547892The 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.