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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, Ironton
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. 7th St., S side, W of Viola Ave., Ironton, 56455
- When was it listed? October 1980
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks TR
- City. Ironton city
- National Register reference number. 80002030 - 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, Ironton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 144 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 144 workings within 5 miles of Elevated Metal Water Tank, Ironton: 123 past producers, 13 prospects, 5 producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma-Zeno Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1904, 1915 | |
| Portage Lake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Range Redi Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Adams Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Algoma Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Algoma Mine | Manganese | Producer | 1920 | |
| Alstead Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Alstead-North Hillcrest Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Arko Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Arko Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this property
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironton, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironton | - | An estimated 5 inch diameter tree branch was broken. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ironton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spina Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Ironton City Hall | 0.3 miles | 2002 |
 | Ironton Sintering Plant Complex | 1.0 miles | 1980 |
 | Elevated Metal Water Tank, Crosby | 1.4 miles | 1980 |
 | Soo Line Depot | 1.4 miles | 1980 |
| Elevated Metal Water Tank, Trommald | 3.1 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002030 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.