Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marine on St. Croix City. It lies in ZIP code area 55047. It lies near Greenburg Island. The Survey maps it on the Marine on St. Croix quadrangle. 664 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
On record in Marine on St. Croix
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 4 records
John Copas Houselisted 1980
Hay Lake Schoollisted 1970
Marine Mill Sitelisted 1970
Marine on St. Croix Historic Districtlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresMarine on St. Croix fell from 689 to 664 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 | 689 | |
| 2020 | 664 | -25 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Marine quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marine On St. Croix quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Marine on St Croix quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Marine on St. Croix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 209 |
| 16 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | SOMERSET |
| 11 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | WATERFALL FIRE |
| 1 June 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20134 |
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20133 |
| 7 May 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20131 |
| 7 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ST CROIX ISLANDS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marine on St. Croix: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belisle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Scandia Crushing & Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marine on St. Croix in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Marine On St. Croix | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Marine On St Croix | $300,000 | The tornado developed in the northern edge of Marine on St. Croix. It crossed the St. Croix River, and marched into St. Croix County and then Polk County. It dissipated 3.5 miles southwest of East Farmington in Polk County. Damage from the tornado included a few hundred trees felled, with several homes damaged by falling trees in Marine on St. Croix. |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Marine On St Croix | $25,000 | Scattered trees and large limbs were downed as a tornado moved from southeast to northwest across western sections of Marine on St. Croix. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marine On St Croix | - | Photo provided via social media of a large tree down on a structure in Marine on St. Croix. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marine On St Croix | - | About 100 very tall pines were broken or toppled in a neighborhood along the St Croix River. Some landed on houses, sheds and other buildings. A survey determined this area to have been hit by a downburst in the wake of the Warner Nature Center tornado. Damage to this neighborhood and surrounding areas was quite broad in north/south extent, with damage exhibiting a fanning out pattern, with most trees downed toward the southeast. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Marine On St Croix | - | The tornado damaged over 1000 trees at the Warner Nature Center. Hundreds of trees were also damaged before it hit the Nature Center. The tornado dissipated shortly after exiting the Nature Center. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Marine On St Croix | - | Hundreds of trees were damaged at the Warner Nature Reserve. Park building slightly damaged by falling tree. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marine On St Croix | - | Large dead tree lying across County Road 4 in Marine on St. Croix. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marine On St Croix | - | Numerous trees were downed. At least one quarter mile of power lines were also downed. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Marine On St Croix | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copas | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Otisville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Scandia | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Island | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arcola | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Carnelian Junction | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Withrow | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stillwater | 10.0 miles | 22 |
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 Marine on St. Croix | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2113427 | 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 647535. 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.










