BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 1980 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Great Northern Railway Company Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. SW of Cass Lake off MN 371, Cass Lake, 56633
- When was it listed? October 1980
- Category. structure
- Township. Wilkinson township
- National Register reference number. 80001990 - 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
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Great Northern Railway Company Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WELCH LAKE |
| 26 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LUPINE |
| 20 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Great Northern Railway Company Bridge: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Cass County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Cass County Marl Beds No 3 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cass Lake, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | A tree was down on camper at a campground. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | A gust of 59 mph was recorded by Mesonet station CASM5 Cass Lake RAWS. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | A large tree was uprooted at the Cass Lake rest area on US2. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Photos were received from the Chippewa National Forest of numerous small to medium trees down over forest roads. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | The siding on the Palace Casino in Cass Lake was torn off by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Trees as large as eighteen inches in diameter were blown down. Some trees were also uprooted. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Trees were blown down on Tract 33. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | The gust was recorded by the Cass Lake remote automatic weather station. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | A 3 diameter branch was down and partially blocking a driveway. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Widespread severe tree damage was reported along US 2. Trees were either blown down or leaning toward toward the east and southeast. Minor structural damage was also noted. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Widespread severe tree damage was reported along US 2. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | Hail, up to quarter size, covered the ground. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | This was the eastward extension of a wind-damage path of downed trees from Beltrami County, along Roosevelt Road. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | Large trees were blown down in Cass Lake. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cass Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass Lake | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Supervisor's Office Headquarters | 7.7 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001990 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.
- 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.