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Log Cabin

Built in 1932. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1932.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 15021 60th St. N., Oak Park Heights, 55082
  • When was it listed? December 2007
  • Category. building
  • City. Oak Park Heights city
  • When was it built? 1932
  • National Register reference number. 07001317 - 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

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Log Cabin between 2000 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverHECKOFADAY
8 May 2017Recreation and ceremony6.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources46
19 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use17 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 October 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20337
13 October 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Log Cabin: 10 occurrences, 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bryan Smith Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Moelter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Moelter Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Houlton Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Houlton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeland Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Hudson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Hudson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pete Miller Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pete Miller Pit and Mill No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Park Heights, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOak Park Heights-Trees and power lines downed in Oak Park Heights.
May 2022HailOak Park Heights-no account filed
May 2015HailOak Park Heights-no account filed
June 2012HailOak Park Heights-no account filed
June 2012HailOak Park Heights-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Moritz Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse0.4 miles2008
Stillwater Overlook0.5 miles2007
Albert Lammers House0.7 miles1982
Nelson School0.8 miles1979
State Prison Historic District1.0 miles1986
Washington County Courthouse1.1 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001317 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 42 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.