Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Inver Grove Heights City. It lies in ZIP code area 55076. It lies near Simley Island. The Survey maps it on the Inver Grove Heights quadrangle. 35,801 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Inver Grove 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 1 record
Reuben Freeman Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresInver Grove Heights grew from 33,880 to 35,801 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 | 33,880 | |
| 2020 | 35,801 | +1,921 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 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.
- 1896 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1951 USGS Inver Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Inver Grove Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Inver Grove Heights quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Inver Grove Heights: 8 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Northwestern Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Dakota County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Shiely Larson Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cottage Grove Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noltiemeyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pine Bend Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riggs Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Standard Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inver Grove Heights in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | Photo measurement provided via social media. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | This was the largest hailstone reported in Dakota County from this set of storms. Radar indicated that the hail was likely largest in size and areal extent from Eagan, eastward to Inver Grove Heights, and toward the Dakota, Washington County line. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | A broadcast meteorologist reported hail near Highway 52 and 70th. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inver Grove Heights | - | Trees down. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | Hail occurred south of Interstate 494 and 2 miles east of Highway 52. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inver Grove Heights | - | A small tree was downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inver Grove Heights | - | A small tree was downed. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | trained spotter reported dime sized hail at the intersection of Highway 52 and Concord. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inver Grove Heights | - | 2000 trees blown over. 20 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Inver Grove Heights | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Inver Grove Heights | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Saint Paul | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Sunfish Lake | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Wescott | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Pine Bend | 4.8 miles | 28 | |
| Roseport | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Mendota Heights | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| West Saint Paul | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Lilydale | 6.4 miles | 28 |
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 Inver Grove Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985268 | 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 645437. 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.
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.









