Temple Hill, Iowa
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52033. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Temple Hill in 2007, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Temple Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oeschger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temple Hill in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temple Hill | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew a semi-truck over on Highway 136 about 3 miles south of Cascade, IA around 2 pm CDT September 21. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Reported on Mping. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temple Hill | - | Emergency Manager reported a 90 MPG thunderstorm wind gust. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Report received from Mping. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temple Hill | - | A maple tree was uprooted and a pine tree was snapped off. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Nickel-sized hail fell in Cascade, IA at 3:00 pm June 20. This is a NSSL SHAVE Project report. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Penny-sized hail fell near Temple Hill, IA around 3:30 pm June 20. The hail accumulated on the ground to a depth of 1 inch. This is a NSSL SHAVE Project report. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Nickel-sized hail fell 1 mile west southwest of Cascade, IA at 515 pm August 4. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | Half dollar-sized hail fell 4 miles southeast of Cascade, IA at 652 am August 3. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Temple Hill | - | Reported by public. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Temple Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGargels Ford | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Clay Mills | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ebys Mill | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dales Ford | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Canton | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Springhole | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Scotch Grove | 7.9 miles | 15 |
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 Temple Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7698560 | 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 464775. 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.







