Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The Lansing Main Street Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Lansing, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”
Wikipedia article Lansing Main Street Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Allamakee County · listed in 2014 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lansing Main Street Historic District between 1998 and 2020, burning about 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1903 DRY RIDGE DR. LANSING, IA 52151, IA |
| 12 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 232020 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lansing Main Street Historic District: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraemer Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Prospects Near Lansing | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Everson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hjelle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Manning Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pedritti Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lansing, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $6,400,000 | Mudslides occurred over the eastern section of the county from Lansing to north of Harpers Ferry covering portions of County Road X52. Other flash flooding occurred over much of the county. A campground in the Yellow River State Forest had to be evacuated with 80 campers moved to community building in Harpers Ferry. No injuries occurred, but one car was swept away by flood waters on Little Paint Creek. In Waukon, a number of businesses had water up to two feet deep in them with basements completely filled with water. The flooding also caused the utility company to shut off natural gas service to about 60 customers to prevent the possibility of gas leaks to appliances that could have been submerged and pilot lights extinguished. Homes in the Lansing area were damaged by the mudslides with a least one home knocked off its foundation and evacuations of other homes were required along Wall Street. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $513,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding to occur in Lansing along Clear Creek. Two people had to be rescued when the cabin they were sleeping in was moved off its foundation. The cabin became lodged against some trees allowing rescuers to reach them with a boat. The cabin was destroyed. 5.2 inches of rain was reported around 130 a.m. The runoff also caused a mudslide to occur north of Lansing. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flood | Lansing | $31,000 | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage in June and continued into July. The river stage crested during the early morning on July 5th in minor flood stage at 18.06 ft. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lansing | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $10,000 | The public reported a mud slide caused a block wall to come down on X52 and the rail track next to it. Mud debris was reported to be on the train track. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $5,000 | Emergency management reported mudslides along Highway 26 outside of Lansing. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $5,000 | Trees and branches were blown down in Lansing. Boat docks were damaged when the wind pushed some boats several feet upstream and onto the shore. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $1,500 | Trees were blown down on the north side of Lansing. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $1,000 | A couple of small mudslides were reported near Lansing. Clear Creek was also reported to be out of its banks. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $800 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lansing | $500 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $200 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flood | Lansing | - | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage on June 30th. The river stage continued to rise through the end of the month while remaining in minor flood stage. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | Emergency management reported tree branches down on State Highway 26. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Lansing | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of rainfall and melting snow pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage on April 21st. The crest of 19.61 ft on April 28th was 2.61 ft over flood stage. Multiple streets in town were closed, including the Black Hawk Bridge connecting Lansing, Iowa to Wisconsin Highway 35 from April 25th to May 4th. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Lansing | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in the fourth highest crest on record in Lansing towards the end of April. Subsequent dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage in Lansing on May 4th. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Lansing | - | High flows along the Mississippi River caused flooding to occur in Lansing during the early part of April. The river crested just under a foot above the flood stage at 17.89 feet on April 4th. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Lansing | - | A second round of runoff from rain and snowmelt caused renewed flooding to occur along the Mississippi River in Lansing. The river crested just under a foot above the flood stage at 17.83 feet on April 26th. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Lansing | - | Quarter sized hail fell northwest of Lansing. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Allamakee County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Lansing Fisheries Building | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Kerndt, G., & Brothers Office Block | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Lansing Stone School | 0.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Kerndt G., and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13 | 0.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church | 7.3 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000624 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Allamakee County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
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