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Durango, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Peru Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52039. It stands on North Fork Little Maquoketa River. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill quadrangle. 20 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.

Durango within Dubuque County

On record in Durango

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Durango fell from 22 to 20 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201022
202020-2 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Durango between 1999 and 2007, burning about 8 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 March 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresMcGregor District, Upper Mississippi River ComplexJDMARSH
26 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa 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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Durango: 14 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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
Bonson MineZinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Limonite, Sphalerite
Sherrill Mound SubdistrictZinc, LeadPast ProducerMISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD ZINC
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Creek BankPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Durango Drybone Mine Ewing DiggingsLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Smithsonite
Levens Mine North Langworthy MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Twin Springs QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Beecher West Dubuque QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bonson MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Durango Drybone MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite

Every working recorded in Dubuque County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durango in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 8 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1994HailDurango4 hurt, $50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindDurango4 hurt, $50,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodDurango$25,000Heavy rains caused the Little Maquoketa River to rise rapidly resulting in some flash flooding of Highway 52 near Durango, IA around 2:00 pm June 8.|The highway was closed until the flood waters receded. Some Durango residences along the river were evacuated.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDurango$5,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDurango$1,000The county emergency manager reported several trees and branches down resulting in sporadic damage.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDurango$1,000Tree down on Burtons Furnance Rd east of Durango
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDurango$1,000Tree down on Hales Mill Rd between Durango and Asbury
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDurango-A large tree fell across Highway 3.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDurango-The county emergency manager reported numerous trees were down. Highway 52 was closed due to the number of trees down in multiple locations.
July 2017Flash FloodDurango-The county emergency manager reported water remained over Highway 52 near Durango, due to little Maquoketa Creek. The water was no longer rising but area was blocked to traffic.
July 2017Flash FloodDurango-The county emergency manager reported evacuations in Durango due to rapidly rising water from the Little Maquoketa River.
July 2017Flash FloodDurango-The county emergency manager reported 3 feet of water over Paradise Valley Road.
July 2017Flash FloodDurango-Local law enforcement reported several roads impassable and closed due to high water in the city of Dubuque.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDurango-The emergency manager reported a tree fell onto an occupied vehicle near 5200 N and Rupp Hollow Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDurango-Reports of multiple trees down in the area. One tree fell onto a bicyclist on a bike path along highway 52. The person was not injured but was temporarily trapped.
June 2002Flash FloodDurango-Little Maquoketa River out of it's banks with 4 feet of water over road.
June 2002Flash FloodDurango-Streets and roads closed due to high water at Durango, Burtans Furnace and Hales Mills.
May 1999Flash FloodDurango-Flooding was reported in Durango.

Every storm 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
Budd2.8 miles16
Sherrill3.0 miles16
Lore3.2 miles16
Asbury3.4 miles16
Sageville3.6 miles19
Frith Spur4.0 miles19
Rose4.3 miles19
Five Points4.4 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on DurangoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q950864The 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 456073. 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.