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One of 84 National Register listings published here for Dubuque County · listed in 2017 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- Address. 22001 US 52 N., Durango
- When was it listed? June 2017
- Category. site
- Township. Concord township
- National Register reference number. 100001216 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery between 2009 and 2015, burning about 57 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dubuque Subdistrict | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC | |
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Kemp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Klein Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mattloch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durango, the town this property stands in, 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. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Concord Congregational Cemetery | 0.3 miles | 2017 |
 | Western Hotel | 3.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Haberkorn House and Farmstead | 5.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Sherrill Mount House | 6.5 miles | 2002 |
| Lincoln School | 7.3 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001216 in Record Group 79. |
| Dubuque County | All 84 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.