Granger, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bristol Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55939. The Survey maps it on the Greenleafton quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greenleafton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Granger between 1994 and 2018, burning about 134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eckerman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reicks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Winekoff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $50,000 | An open air, metal outbuilding was destroyed north of Granger. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | Large areas of corn were blown down just northeast of Granger along 275th Avenue between State Highway 44 and County Road 30. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Big Spring | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Greenleafton | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| York | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Harmony | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hutton | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cherry Grove | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Forestville | 10.5 miles | 8 |
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 Granger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5595717 | 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 644345. 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.




