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Le Grand, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Le Grand Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50158. It stands on Davisons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Le Grand quadrangle.

Le Grand within Marshall County

On record in Le Grand

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Le Grand between 1996 and 2018, burning about 1,024 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism7

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
4 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresSac and Fox AgencySETTLE-1 M
9 April 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresSac and Fox Agency180 WEST VILLAGE
6 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSac and Fox Agency206 WEST VILLAGE
5 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresSac and Fox Agency191 WEST VILLAGE
5 April 2004Debris and open burning400 acresSac and Fox AgencyMESQ4
4 April 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresSac and Fox Agency1454 HW 30
29 April 2004Debris and open burning150 acresSac and Fox AgencyMESQ3 TVFD
28 April 2013Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSac and Fox AgencyFENCE

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Le Grand: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Legrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olson Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ruth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ash QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fisher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Le Grand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Montour QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Le Grand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Grand in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLe Grand$50,000A machine shed was destroyed and debris was blown 600 feet to the northwest.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindLe Grand$50,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLe Grand$10,000no account filed
October 1998HailLe Grand$500no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Le Grand-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Quarry1.7 miles12
Dillon3.3 miles8
Predonia (historical)3.7 miles12
Rockton4.6 miles12
Dunbar4.7 miles8
Pickering5.1 miles8
Wolf Lake Addition5.9 miles8
Ferguson6.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458254. 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.