BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Winnibigoshish Resort
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 12 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. U.S. 2, Bena, 56626
- When was it listed? May 1980
- Category. building
- Unorganized territory. North Cass
- National Register reference number. 80001989 - 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
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Winnibigoshish Resort between 1992 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | NEEDLE |
| 2 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BUCKET |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SECTION 34 |
| 13 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | BENA |
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HUNGRY GULCH |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BENA |
| 6 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | OLD HOUSING |
| 12 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | RADIO |
Storms near this property
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bena, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Hail | Bena | $15,000 | Most of the hail that fell was golf ball size. A few larger stones up to baseball size were observed. The hail was reported at the new Leech Lake Campground. There was hail damage to vehicles, awnings, and buildings in Bena. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | $15,000 | Substantial wind damage was reported. The wind blew hard enough to blow water through seals around windows of the campground lodge. A 100 pound access cover on the roof was thrown the entire length of the roof. Siding and shingles were damaged and thrown about. Covers were taken off the boat lift. Trees were downed, and a few were uprooted and sheared off. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | $1,000 | Tree limbs were blown down due to the strong winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | One large tree was down along with many branches snapped off. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | Several large trees were snapped and large branches down. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bena | - | Pea to golf ball-sized hail fell for over 7 minutes along with heavy rain. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bena | - | Cherry tomato-sized hail was observed at a resort on the south shore of Lake Winnibigoshish. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees with diameters up to 8 inches. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Bena | - | Multiple reports of photos and video received showing waterspouts on Lake Winnibigoshish. Eye witnesses reported three different waterspouts on the lake with two occurring at the same time. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Bena | - | Multiple reports of photos and video received showing waterspouts on Lake Winnibigoshish. Eye witnesses reported three different waterspouts on the lake with two occurring at the same time. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | Multiple trees were knocked down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | A wind speed was recorded by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | Many trees were blown down on Highway 2 between mile marker 145 and 157. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | Widespread severe wind damage was reported along the eastern shore of Lake Winnibigoshish. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bena | - | The hail was reported at the Nodak Lodge and Resort. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bena | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bena | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Bena | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001989 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.
- 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.