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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.

Inver Grove Heights within Dakota County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Inver 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.

YearPeople Change
201033,880
202035,801+1,921 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Northwestern RefinerySulfurPlant
Dakota County Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Shiely Larson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cottage Grove Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Noltiemeyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bend Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Riggs Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Standard Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dakota County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025HailInver Grove Heights-Photo measurement provided via social media.
August 2020HailInver 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 2007HailInver Grove Heights-A broadcast meteorologist reported hail near Highway 52 and 70th.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindInver Grove Heights-Trees down.
October 2006HailInver Grove Heights-Hail occurred south of Interstate 494 and 2 miles east of Highway 52.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindInver Grove Heights-A small tree was downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindInver Grove Heights-A small tree was downed.
August 2005HailInver Grove Heights-trained spotter reported dime sized hail at the intersection of Highway 52 and Concord.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindInver Grove Heights-2000 trees blown over. 20 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed.
August 2023HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 2023HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
March 2021HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
September 2019HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
September 2016HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
May 2012HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
June 2007HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
October 2006HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
April 2002HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
June 1999HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
March 1998HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 1997HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 1997HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 1997HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 1997HailInver Grove Heights-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodInver Grove Heights-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dakota 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
South Saint Paul3.1 miles28
Sunfish Lake3.4 miles28
Wescott3.9 miles28
Pine Bend4.8 miles28
Roseport5.0 miles28
Mendota Heights5.6 miles28
West Saint Paul5.6 miles28
Lilydale6.4 miles28

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 HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985268The 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.