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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.

Marine on St. Croix within Washington County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Marine 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.

YearPeople Change
2010689
2020664-25 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources209
16 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverSOMERSET
11 June 2012Naturalunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20134
8 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20133
7 May 2020Natural2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20131
7 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesST CROIX ISLANDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Belisle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Larson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scandia Crushing & Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996LightningMarine On St. Croix2 hurtno account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Marine On St Croix$300,000The 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 2009Tornado (EF0)Marine On St Croix$25,000Scattered trees and large limbs were downed as a tornado moved from southeast to northwest across western sections of Marine on St. Croix.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMarine On St Croix-Photo provided via social media of a large tree down on a structure in Marine on St. Croix.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMarine 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 2017Tornado (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 2008Tornado (EF0)Marine On St Croix-Hundreds of trees were damaged at the Warner Nature Reserve. Park building slightly damaged by falling tree.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMarine On St Croix-Large dead tree lying across County Road 4 in Marine on St. Croix.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarine On St Croix-Numerous trees were downed. At least one quarter mile of power lines were also downed.
May 2009HailMarine On St Croix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Copas2.6 miles17
Otisville3.4 miles17
Scandia4.2 miles15
Maple Island4.8 miles17
Arcola5.2 miles22
Carnelian Junction6.0 miles22
Withrow8.4 miles21
Stillwater10.0 miles22

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. CroixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2113427The 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.