THE CASCADE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
Cascade city has 1.92 square miles of land in Dubuque County, Jones County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Cascade intersects 2 county geographies: Dubuque County, Jones County. A Cascade mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Cascade by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Cascade, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Iowa. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cascade city has 20.7 times the land area of nearby Bernard city (0.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

