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One of 31 National Register listings published here for Crow Wing County · listed in 1980 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Elevated Metal Water Tank, Cuyuna
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. North St., N side, W of Chicago Ave., Cuyuna, 56444
- When was it listed? October 1980
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks TR
- City. Cuyuna city
- National Register reference number. 80002028 - 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
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Elevated Metal Water Tank, Cuyuna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 503 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 115 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 115 workings within 5 miles of Elevated Metal Water Tank, Cuyuna: 99 past producers, 11 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 15 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Algoma-Zeno Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1904, 1915 | |
| Northland Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Algoma Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Alstead Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Alstead-North Hillcrest Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Arko Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Armour No.2 Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Armour Number 1 Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Armour Number 2 Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this property
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuyuna, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuyuna | - | A photo was received showing large trees snapped and uprooted on the north side of Rabbit Lake. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuyuna | - | A report of several large oak trees blown down was received via social media. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Cuyuna | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyuna Village Hall | under 500 feet | 2024 | |
 | Milford Mine Historic District | 2.6 miles | 2011 |
 | Elevated Metal Water Tank, Crosby | 2.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Soo Line Depot | 2.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Ironton Sintering Plant Complex | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
| Elevated Metal Water Tank, Deerwood | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002028 in Record Group 79. |
| Crow Wing County | All 31 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.