Guttenberg, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52052. It lies near Willow Island. The Survey maps it on the Guttenberg quadrangle. 1,817 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
On record in Guttenberg
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 12 of 19 shown
Albertus Buildinglisted 1979
Front Street (River Park Drive) Historic Districtlisted 1984
Front Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2004
Fuerste Houselisted 1984
Guttenberg Corn Canning Co.listed 1984
Guttenberg National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium Historic Districtlisted 1991
Guttenberg State Banklisted 1984
Kolker Houselisted 1984
Lakeside Ballroomlisted 2002
Matt-Bahls Houselisted 1984
Parker Houselisted 1984
St. Mary's Catholic Church Historic Districtlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresGuttenberg fell from 1,919 to 1,817 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 | 1,919 | |
| 2020 | 1,817 | -102 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Elkader quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Guttenberg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oelwein quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Guttenberg between 2009 and 2011, burning about 11 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 403 WOODLAND DRIVE, GUTTENBERG, IA |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Guttenberg: 8 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essman Island Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Kann Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderegg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Blum Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morarend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schlitche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Guttenberg Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Guttenberg Subdistrict | Lead | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC |
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.
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 Guttenberg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q647491 | 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 457187. 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.






