McGregor, Iowa
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mendon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52157. It sits by Point Ann. The Survey maps it on the Prairie du Chien quadrangle. 742 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
On record in McGregor
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 8 records
American Houselisted 2001
Christian Bloedel Wagon Workslisted 2009
Goedert Meat Marketlisted 1996
McGregor Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2002
Reynolds, Joseph "Diamond Jo," Office Building and Houselisted 1982
Peter Stauer Houselisted 2003- American School of Wild Life Protection Historic Districtlisted 1991
- German Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2026
Population over time
2 figuresMcGregor fell from 871 to 742 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 | 871 | |
| 2020 | 742 | -129 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of McGregor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUTTERFLY ROCKET |
| 19 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VINEYARD FIRE |
| 16 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | POPPLETOWN FUZZ 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of McGregor: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sny Magill Mines | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lakeside Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Prairie Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pretitti Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marquette Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mcgregor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McGregor in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | McGregor | $50,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGregor Heights | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Marquette | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| West Yards | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Giard Station (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Giard | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beulah | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| National | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Froelich | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 McGregor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q281585 | 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 458913. 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.









