Roseau Memorial Arena

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Roseau County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
Address. 321 2nd Avenue NW, Roseau, 56751
When was it listed? November 2024
Category. building
City. Roseau city
National Register reference number. 100011014 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Roseau Memorial Arena between 1993 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3

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
3 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
25 September 1996	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 August 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 August 2012	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 May 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Roseau County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Roseau Memorial Arena: 2 producers. All of them 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
	Holland Pit & Mill No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Walrath Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Roseau County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseau, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 flash flood. 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
August 1993	Tornado (F0)	Roseau	$500,000	A tornado briefly touched down near Roseau damaging a warehouse. Damage was estimated at $80,000.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Roseau	$200,000	Street flooding was reported in Roseau.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$50,000	Two FEMA trailers and one semi truck were blown over. 1000 feet of electrical wiring needed replacement in the downtown area.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$15,000	Trees and powerlines were blown down, boats and trailers were flipped over, and fences were pushed over by the strong wind.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$15,000	Strong winds produced the most damage at the KRWB radio station in Roseau. The wind blew over 2 large trees, shattered the base of a satellite dish, moved a shed 100 feet, and knocked down signs and antennas.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Roseau	$10,000	The Polaris snowmobile factory in Roseau was flooded by the heavy rain.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$10,000	Power lines were blown down in the strong wind.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$10,000	Power lines were blown down east of Roseau.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$10,000	Power lines were knocked down around the Roseau area due to the high wind.
May 1996	Flash Flood	Roseau	$10,000	no account filed
July 1996	Flash Flood	Roseau	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$5,000	Metal siding was blown off an apartment building.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$1,500	Public reports a bent foul pole and fencing being pushed down at the Roseau Gilbertson baseball field. Additionally, a foot in diameter tree snapped in town and pulled a power line down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$1,000	Wind blew down trees north of Roseau.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$500	Large trees were blown down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	$500	Trees were downed by the wind.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	Report of tree damage at the Roseau Oakcrest Golf Course. Time estimated from radar.
June 2023	Hail	Roseau	-	Public reports quarter sized hail on highway 11 east of Roseau.
April 2023	Flood	Roseau	-	Roseau gage, on the Roseau River. Crested at 17 ft on April 15th at 00:45.
July 2023	Hail	Roseau	-	One inch hail reported in Roseau, time estimated via radar.
July 2023	Hail	Roseau	-	Half dollar sized hail reported in Roseau.
July 2020	Hail	Roseau	-	Dime to nickel sized hail fell.
September 2019	Hail	Roseau	-	Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
June 2017	Heavy Rain	Roseau	-	An observer reported 2.73 inches of rain.
June 2016	Funnel Cloud	Roseau	-	A funnel cloud going up and down was reported.
August 2015	Hail	Roseau	-	The hail was a mix of quarter to golf ball sized stones.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	A large tree was blown down.
May 2014	Hail	Roseau	-	Lots of pea sized hail with some quarter sized hail mixed in.
July 2012	Hail	Roseau	-	Wind gusts up to about 45 mph also occurred with the hail.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	One camper was flipped, a shed under construction was blown over, and numerous trees were blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	Many 6 to 8 inch diameter trees were blown down in town.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	Dime sized hail accompanied the strong wind.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	Numerous four inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
May 2010	Hail	Roseau	-	Dime to nickel sized hail fell for about 90 seconds.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	Large trees were blown down in a shelterbelt. Large branches were also blown down around a yard. Pea to half-inch hail fell.
July 2005	Tornado (F1)	Roseau	-	A brief tornado tore up several trees.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Roseau	-	A 24-foot camper was blown over.
May 2002	Tornado (F0)	Roseau	-	The tornado was reported 3 miles west of highway 89.
July 2022	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
June 1997	Tornado (F1)	Roseau	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Roseau	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roseau 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Roseau County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100011014 in Record Group 79.
Roseau County	All 4 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.