BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Chisago County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sayer House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Hwys. 30 and 9, Harris, 55032
- When was it listed? July 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Chisago County MRA
- City. Harris city
- National Register reference number. 80002002 - 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
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Sayer House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HENRY |
| 23 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sayer House: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E F Hals Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Harris | $2,000,000 | Widespread hail damage to houses, barns, outbuildings, vehicles, and crops. Hail size was estimated. Some hail did not melt until the next morning. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | $250,000 | Several trees were blown down in Harris, Minnesota. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | $100,000 | A NWS Storm Survey determined that severe straight-line winds and occasional downburst winds, damaged hundreds of trees between Harris and Rush City along County Road 30. Some of the trees landed on vehicles, roofs and sheds. One machine shed had its roof blown off. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | A few trees were blown down near Harris, along Falcon Drive at 425th St. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harris | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in the northern portion of Chisago County. The time was estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | A handful of trees were downed. The time was estimated. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Three trees were downed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Harris | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J. C. Carlson House | 6.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Grant House | 6.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002002 in Record Group 79. |
| Chisago County | All 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.