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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
United States Forest Service, Remer District Ranger Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 307 Main Street East, Remer, 56672
- When was it listed? October 2023
- Category. building
- Also known as. Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943 MPS (AD)
- City. Remer city
- National Register reference number. 100009469 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of United States Forest Service, Remer District Ranger Station between 1992 and 2018, burning about 418 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 7123 |
| 6 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HUB |
| 4 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BIRCH LAKE 2 |
| 3 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LOON LAKE |
| 1 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | SPARKLER FIRE |
| 25 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | KNIGHTS LAKE |
| 24 May 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | GRAVE LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of United States Forest Service, Remer District Ranger Station: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorum Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Marl |
Storms near this property
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remer, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Photos were received showing large trees snapped at the base with several down on power lines. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Trees were blown down onto a cabin and a car at the Balsam Bay Resort. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Remer | - | The tornado damage path began 1.7 miles north-northwest of Remer, MN. The tornado took a path through a rural, forested area, but narrowly missed the town of Remer. The damage was initially EF-0, but EF-1 damage was observed starting near Birch Lake to the county border between Cass and Aitkin Counties. The damage was mainly to trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | One large tree was brought down. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Many trees were blown down. In addition to the wind, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Remer | - | Penny size hail covered the ground. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | A large number of trees were blown down near Mable Lake on Highway 200. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | A few eight inch diameter trees were blown down. More trees and an aluminum screen house was destroyed five miles northwest of Remer. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Six inch diameter trees were blown down on State Highway 6. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Trees were blown down and windows were broken. Wind speed is estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Soo Line Depot | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009469 in Record Group 79. |
| Cass County | All 13 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.