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One of 126 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2017 · category: Object.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Olcott Park Electric Fountain and Rock Garden
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 objectss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. NW. quadrant of Olcott Park, 9th St. N. & 9th Ave. N., Virginia, 55792
- When was it listed? June 2017
- Category. object
- Also known as. Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943 MPS; Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943 MPS
- City. Virginia city
- National Register reference number. 100001026 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
196 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Olcott Park Electric Fountain and Rock Garden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 71 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | JUNCTION 101 FIRE |
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PIKE MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 151 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 151 workings within 5 miles of Olcott Park Electric Fountain and Rock Garden: 116 past producers, 26 producers, 5 plants, 3 prospects. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn & Great Western Mines | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1894 | |
| Brunt Mine | Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| El Jay #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Minorca Site Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Connie Mine | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1978 | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 18w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Rouchleau Group | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Aad Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904 |
Storms near this property
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Lightning | Virginia | $50,000 | A home on the 200 block of 5th Street South in Virginia was struck by lightning around 4:55AM CDT causing extensive damage. The home's electrical system was heavily damaged along with heavy damage to the exterior of the home. Firefighters were on scene for about 3 hours surveying the extent of the damage. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Virginia | - | Streets were flooded with water up to the rims of an SUV about 5 inches deep. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A large pine tree was down across 5th Avenue in Virginia. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Numerous trees were blown down from Virginia, Mt. Iron, Ely, and Babbit. More trees and telephone poles were downed in the Vermilion Lake area at these specific locations: Birch Point, Mud Creek, Fraser Bay, and Pine Island. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Trees were blown down from Virginia to Hibbing. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Several trees were blown down at Little Lake Fourteen. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Streets in a four-block area were blocked by fallen trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Thunderstorm winds toppled a 25-foot amateur radio antenna. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Depot | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Charles Lenont House | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Virginia-Rainy Lake Lumber Company Office | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Virginia Brewery | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | LaSalle Apartments | 0.7 miles | 2017 |
 | St.Louis County District Courthouse | 0.8 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001026 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Louis County | All 126 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.