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.
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
Concord Congregational Cemeterylisted 2017- Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemeterylisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresDurango 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 20 | -2 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Sherrill quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | McGregor District, Upper Mississippi River Complex | JDMARSH |
| 26 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonson Mine | Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite | |
| Sherrill Mound Subdistrict | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD ZINC | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Creek Bank | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Durango Drybone Mine Ewing Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Smithsonite | |
| Levens Mine North Langworthy Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Twin Springs Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Beecher West Dubuque Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bonson Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Durango Drybone Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Hail | Durango | 4 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | 4 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Durango | $25,000 | Heavy 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | $1,000 | The county emergency manager reported several trees and branches down resulting in sporadic damage. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | $1,000 | Tree down on Burtons Furnance Rd east of Durango |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | $1,000 | Tree down on Hales Mill Rd between Durango and Asbury |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | A large tree fell across Highway 3. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | The county emergency manager reported numerous trees were down. Highway 52 was closed due to the number of trees down in multiple locations. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | The county emergency manager reported evacuations in Durango due to rapidly rising water from the Little Maquoketa River. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | The county emergency manager reported 3 feet of water over Paradise Valley Road. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | Local law enforcement reported several roads impassable and closed due to high water in the city of Dubuque. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | The emergency manager reported a tree fell onto an occupied vehicle near 5200 N and Rupp Hollow Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | 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 2002 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | Little Maquoketa River out of it's banks with 4 feet of water over road. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | Streets and roads closed due to high water at Durango, Burtans Furnace and Hales Mills. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Durango | - | Flooding was reported in Durango. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budd | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sherrill | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lore | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Asbury | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sageville | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Frith Spur | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Rose | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Five Points | 4.4 miles | 16 |
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 Durango | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q950864 | 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 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.








