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Photograph of Snake River Fur Post
Photograph by Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Northwest Company Post

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“The Snake River Trading Post is a reconstructed fur trade post on the Snake River west of Pine City, Minnesota, United States. The post was established in the fall of 1804 by John Sayer, a partner in the North West Company, and built by his crew of voyageurs.”

Wikipedia article Snake River Trading Post, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Pine County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. On the Snake River, W of Pine City, Pine City, 55063
  • When was it listed? August 1972
  • Category. building
  • Township. Royalton township
  • National Register reference number. 72000679 - 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Northwest Company Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,449 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 burning72
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism22
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Pine County

Storms near this property

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine City, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 21 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPine City$500,000Numerous trees were blown down across Pine City and to the east. The Markville area and St. Croix State Park were hit the hardest. In Markville most trees were blown down, eleven homes received minor damage, two homes were rendered unlivable, and a a pole barn was destroyed. In a large portion of St. Croix State Park there was 75 to 100 percent tree damage. There were no visitors at the park at the time due to a state government shutdown.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine City$2,000Trees were blown down in Grasston Township.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine City$2,000Power lines were blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine City$500A tree was blown down on State Highway 70 near the intersection of Pine County Road 1.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine City$500A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Knob Road and Rolling Hills Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPine City-Tree branches four to six inches in diameter were down and the power was flickering off and on.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPine City-Multiple trees were reported down in the Pine City area.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPine City-A tree limb 8 to 12 inches in diameter was downed across a driveway.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPine City-Numerous trees were blown down in Pine City and to the east.
August 2010HailPine City-The hail fell along State Highway 70 east of Rock Creek.
June 2009HailPine City-The hail fell just east of Pokegama Lake.
June 2009HailPine City-The hail fell for five minutes.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindPine City-Several 18-inch trees uprooted.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPine City-Trees were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPine City-Several trees were blow down across the Finlayson and Sandstone areas.
May 2004HailPine City-Winds were estimated at 45 to 50 mph.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPine City-Trees were blown down.
July 2000Flash FloodPine City-Several county roads were washed out by heavy thunderstorm rains, including county roads 8 and 13 west and east of Pine City. Over 4 inches of rain was reported in Pine City itself.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPine City-Large tree branches were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Pine City-County sheriff officials and the public reported a tornado touchdown in a rural area along State Highway 70 east of Rock Creek. No damage was reported. Path length, path width, and F-scale are estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPine City-Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines at a resort near Pine City. Wind speed is estimated.
May 2022HailPine City-no account filed
July 2019HailPine City-no account filed
September 2014HailPine City-no account filed
September 2014HailPine City-no account filed
June 2013HailPine City-no account filed
June 2013HailPine City-no account filed
June 2010HailPine City-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPine City-no account filed
August 2007HailPine City-no account filed
April 2004HailPine City-no account filed
May 2001HailPine City-no account filed
May 2001HailPine City-no account filed
June 2001HailPine City-no account filed
June 2001HailPine City-no account filed
July 2000HailPine City-no account filed
September 1998HailPine City-no account filed
July 1996HailPine City-no account filed
August 1993HailPine City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pine 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000679 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pine CountyAll 22 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.
  • 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.