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Julien, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dubuque City. It lies in ZIP code area 52068. The Survey maps it on the Peosta quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Julien within Dubuque County

On record in Julien

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

7 surveys from 15 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

16 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Julien between 2007 and 2018, burning about 47 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
16 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 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 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Julien: 23 past producers, 9 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Becker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Bonson MineZinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Limonite, Sphalerite
Brugh and Amsden MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Beadle Mine, Dubuque and L Superior MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Levens Mine North Langworthy MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Beecher West Dubuque QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Browns Bottom Wash Plant PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Treester QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dubuque County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Julien in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJulien-Reported by automated weather equipement.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJulien-A measured thunderstorm wind gust of 57 knots from Mesonet Station DW9981 near Dubuque.
April 2024HailJulien-Time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2014Flash FloodJulien-The emergency manager reported flash flooding along Catfish Creek at Swiss Valley Park. The campground was evacuated.
July 2011Heavy RainJulien-At 1155 am CDT July 28, the 24 hour rainfall total 4 miles southwest of Dubuque, IA was 15.10 inches. This report was relayed by a media partner.

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
Asbury2.7 miles16
Lore2.8 miles16
Centralia3.1 miles15
Center Grove3.5 miles20
Twin Springs4.0 miles16
Budd4.1 miles16
Peosta4.3 miles15
Graf4.9 miles15

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 Q123036902The 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 464598. 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.