Marine on St. Croix Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1974 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by the St. Croix River, RR tracks, and Kennedy and Spruce Sts., Marine on St. Croix, 55047
When was it listed? June 1974
Category. district
Also known as. Washington County MRA (AD); Washington County MRA
City. Marine on St. Croix city
National Register reference number. 74001043 - 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Marine on St. Croix Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
7 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	209
16 August 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Saint Croix National Scenic River	SOMERSET
11 June 2012	Natural	under an acre	Saint Croix National Scenic River	WATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20134
8 May 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20133
7 May 2020	Natural	2.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20131
7 May 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	ST CROIX ISLANDS

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Marine on St. Croix Historic District: 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
Belisle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Larson Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Scandia Crushing & Wash Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marine on St. Croix, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1996	Lightning	Marine On St. Croix	2 hurt	no account filed
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Marine On St Croix	$300,000	The tornado developed in the northern edge of Marine on St. Croix. It crossed the St. Croix River, and marched into St. Croix County and then Polk County. It dissipated 3.5 miles southwest of East Farmington in Polk County. Damage from the tornado included a few hundred trees felled, with several homes damaged by falling trees in Marine on St. Croix.
August 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Marine On St Croix	$25,000	Scattered trees and large limbs were downed as a tornado moved from southeast to northwest across western sections of Marine on St. Croix.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marine On St Croix	-	Photo provided via social media of a large tree down on a structure in Marine on St. Croix.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marine On St Croix	-	About 100 very tall pines were broken or toppled in a neighborhood along the St Croix River. Some landed on houses, sheds and other buildings. A survey determined this area to have been hit by a downburst in the wake of the Warner Nature Center tornado. Damage to this neighborhood and surrounding areas was quite broad in north/south extent, with damage exhibiting a fanning out pattern, with most trees downed toward the southeast.
July 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Marine On St Croix	-	The tornado damaged over 1000 trees at the Warner Nature Center. Hundreds of trees were also damaged before it hit the Nature Center. The tornado dissipated shortly after exiting the Nature Center.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Marine On St Croix	-	Hundreds of trees were damaged at the Warner Nature Reserve. Park building slightly damaged by falling tree.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Marine On St Croix	-	Large dead tree lying across County Road 4 in Marine on St. Croix.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Marine On St Croix	-	Numerous trees were downed. At least one quarter mile of power lines were also downed.
May 2009	Hail	Marine On St Croix	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Marine Mill Site	0.3 miles	1970
John Copas House	2.4 miles	1980
Benjamin B. Sheffield House	3.0 miles	1980
Hay Lake School	3.3 miles	1970
Johannes Erickson House	3.3 miles	1976
John and Martin Mower House and Arcola Mill Site	4.2 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001043 in Record Group 79.
Washington County	All 42 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.