Larson Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. CR 39 in Old Mill State Park, Argyle, 56713
When was it listed? June 1973
Category. building
Township. Foldahl township
National Register reference number. 73000983 - 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Larson Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
21 July 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 May 2003	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 May 1994	Debris and open burning	140 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 May 1996	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 April 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2009	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 March 2000	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Larson Mill: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Benson Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Donarski Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hjelle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Argyle	$350,000	This tornado was partially embedded in downburst winds and heavy rain. It tracked through one farmyard and across the town of Argyle, and ended about 1 mile east of town. Grain bins were crumpled, trees snapped, and shingles torn off roofs. In Argyle, a tall grain bin was caved in and its top conveyor was torn off at the elevator complex, and the bleachers were tossed at the baseball field.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Argyle	$50,000	Extensive street flooding occurred in Argyle after nearly 6 inches of rain fell in less than 3 hours. Water flowed to a depth of up to 2 feet in some streets and portions of U.S. Highway 75 were temporarily blocked. Ditches and fields were flooded in the surrounding area throughout the night and into the following forenoon.
May 2019	Lightning	Argyle	$40,000	The Minnesota Fire Marshal determined that a house fire started from a lightning strike. A corner of the house, the attached garage, and a back porch were all damaged by the fire.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	Received a report that large tree branches were blown down, along with several fence posts.
June 2016	Hail	Argyle	-	Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	A few large branches were blown down in shelterbelts. Very heavy rain also fell.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	Several older trees were knocked over in addition to some three to five inch diameter branches.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	Many large trees were blown down in town. It took city crews an entire day to clean up the debris.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	Large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Argyle	-	The roof was peeled off a warehouse and large doors were torn off a building. Farm machinery was blown across a yard and power poles were snapped off.
May 2002	Hail	Argyle	-	The hail covered the grass with some drifting.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Argyle	-	Rural roads were flooded.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Argyle	-	Water was reported over highway 19.
June 2012	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
July 2008	Funnel Cloud	Argyle	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Argyle	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
	Old Mill State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources	under 500 feet	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73000983 in Record Group 79.
Marshall County	All 3 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.