BlockFrom the record
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Dakota County · listed in 1970 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mendota Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by government lot 2, I-55, Sibley Hwy., D St., and Minnesota River, Mendota, 55120
- When was it listed? June 1970
- Category. building
- City. Mendota Heights city
- National Register reference number. 70000293 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Mendota Historic District between 1998 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDWALK |
| 26 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BASS PONDS 3 |
| 20 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | IKES |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLUE WATER |
| 5 July 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BASS PONDS 1 |
| 3 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BASS 2 |
| 20 July 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LML |
| 19 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | YOUTH |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mendota Historic District: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin City Brick Co. Clay Pit | Kaolin | Producer | Kaolinite | |
| Dakota County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Twin City Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendota, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendota | $100,000 | A storm survey revealed that straight line winds of 65 mph were associated with the rear flank downdraft from the tornado that dissipated at the Lost Spur Golf Course. These severe winds blew shingles off a hotel roof and knocked down trees from near Interstate 494 and Pilot Knob Road, northeast to a business community. |
| November 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Mendota | $50,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado spun up near Skyline Drive, east of Highway 13, and tracked north-northeast to the Lost Spur Golf Course just south of Interstate 494. The tornado tracked for two blocks in a heavily wooded residential area before moving across a small golf course as it dissipated. Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down along the path of approximately one-half mile. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendota | - | Large pine tree uprooted and leaning on power lines. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Mendota | - | Several reports of stalled cars along I-35 from Eagan, northeast to West St. Paul. This was noted on Minnesota Department of Transportation Webcams that noted the stalled cars and deep water in the roadway. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Mendota | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry H. Sibley House | 0.1 miles | 1972 |
 | Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
| Oheyawahe-Pilot Knob | 0.7 miles | 2017 | |
 | Fort Snelling | 0.9 miles | 1966 |
 | George W. Wentworth House | 4.8 miles | 1979 |
| Luther Memorial Church | 5.7 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000293 in Record Group 79. |
| Dakota County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.