Quasqueton, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52326. It stands on Nash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quasqueton quadrangle. 570 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
On record in Quasqueton
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
State Savings Banklisted 1999
Lowell E. Walter Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresQuasqueton grew from 554 to 570 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 | 554 | |
| 2020 | 570 | +16 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Quasqueton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Quasqueton in 2015, burning about 65 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Quasqueton: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesmore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rasmussen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sells Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Burns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quasqueton in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quasqueton | $250,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be around 80 mph caused widespread tree damage with tree limbs over 8 inches in diameter and trees over 3 feet in diameter blown down along a path from 2 miles south of Quasqueton, IA in Buchanan County, to Walker, IA in Linn County, along Highway W35 and Highway W6E to Center Point, IA in Linn County between 745 am and 830 am June 19. Some houses and many out buildings were damaged by falling trees. Power lines were also knocked down across much of the area. The end time of the damage was around 830 am. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Quasqueton | $5,000 | Rated high F0 |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quasqueton | - | Tree and crop damage around Quasqueton due to straight line winds. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Quasqueton | - | Water was reported over River Drive in town, along with fields and ditches flooded between Independence and Quasqueton. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quasqueton | - | A trained spotter reported tree limbs of 2 to 5 inches were down and estimated the wind speed to be around 55 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quasqueton | - | The Emergency Manager estimated wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quasqueton | - | Several trees and large branches 4 to 12 inches in diameter were blown down along with a dozen shingles blown off of the house. There were also two skylights broken out. The report was delayed and the time was estimated using radar. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Quasqueton | - | Heavy rains of 4 to 4.50 inches which fell between 9 pm CDT July 22 and 615 am CDT July 23 resulted in some flash flooding in the Quasqueton, IA area during the morning of July 23. A nearby pasture was flooded and a power outage was also observed. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Quasqueton | - | Penny sized hail on county highway W35. Reported by trained storm spotter. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Quasqueton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Quasqueton | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Quasqueton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowley | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gatesville | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Winthrop | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Doris | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Monti | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Independence | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hamerville | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Vista | 12.1 miles | 11 |
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 Quasqueton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959046 | 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 460483. 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.






