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McGregor Heights, 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 stands on Bloody Run. The Survey maps it on the Prairie du Chien quadrangle.

McGregor Heights within Clayton County

On record in McGregor Heights

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 within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of McGregor Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHORSE CAMP FIRE
29 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of McGregor Heights: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Lakeside Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Prairie Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pretitti PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marquette QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mcgregor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Wetzel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Marquette0.7 miles20
McGregor1.1 miles20
West Yards1.4 miles20
Giard Station (historical)4.8 miles13
Giard6.2 miles13
Beulah6.9 miles13
Froelich7.9 miles13
National8.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122597491The 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 464648. 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.