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Photograph of Moody Barn
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Moody Barn

Built in 1915. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Moody Barn is a round barn in Chisago Lake Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The farm was first homesteaded in 1871 by Elof and Eva Modig, who emigrated from Sweden.”

Wikipedia article Moody Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Chisago County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1915.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Co. Hwy. 24, Chisago City, 55013
  • When was it listed? July 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Chisago County MRA
  • Township. Chisago Lake township
  • When was it built? 1915
  • National Register reference number. 80001998 - 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

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Moody Barn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning25
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2020Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Other causes14 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2019Debris and open burning20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Chisago County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moody Barn: 2 producers. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bracht Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lindgren Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chisago County

Storms near this property

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chisago City, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2003Thunderstorm WindChisago City$500,000Scattered trees toppled.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindChisago City-Several large trees, up to 5 feet in diameter, were blown down south of Chisago Lakes and into Chisago Lakes Township.
July 2016Heavy RainChisago City-A trained spotter measured 3.07 inches of rain south of Chisago City.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindChisago City-Several trees were blown down near Chisago City, Minnesota.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindChisago City-Six inch diameter pine tree snapped off and deposited on power line.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindChisago City-Large branches were downed onto power lines.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindChisago City-Tree limbs, power lines, and a transformer were downed.
June 2002HailChisago City-Hail dented car.
July 2025HailChisago City-no account filed
May 2022HailChisago City-no account filed
August 2018HailChisago City-no account filed
August 2018HailChisago City-no account filed
May 2012HailChisago City-no account filed
June 2007HailChisago City-no account filed
June 2007HailChisago City-no account filed
June 2002HailChisago City-no account filed
July 1994HailChisago City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chisago 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

4 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Frank A. Larson House6.0 miles1980
Charles A. Victor House6.1 miles1980
Gustaf Anderson House6.2 miles1980
Center City Historic District6.9 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001998 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chisago CountyAll 17 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.