BlockFrom the record
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Crow Wing County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Minnewawa Lodge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Hwy. 13, Nisswa, 56468
- When was it listed? August 1980
- Category. building
- City. Nisswa city
- National Register reference number. 80002035 - 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
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Minnewawa Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 109 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Minnewawa Lodge: 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 11 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 16 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 17 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 18 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 19 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Nisswa Lake Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nisswa, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 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 | Nisswa | $10,000 | Multiple trees were damaged including one that fell on top of a residence. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | $2,000 | Trees, 6-12 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Several trees were blown down during the storm. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Small trees and branches were reported down in Nisswa. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Multiple trees were blown down. The largest tree was 20 inches in diameter. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | A six inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | The observer estimated wind gusts of 70 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the Nisswa area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Many trees were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Several 5 to 10 inch poplar trees were broken and laying on the road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Many trees were blown down in Nisswa. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | There were several trees blown down. One 12 inch diameter tree snapped and was blocking the road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Nisswa area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees were blown down on Ojibwa Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Hundreds of trees were blown down across Crow Wing County. Nine thousand households lost power. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | On Roy Lake, a sixty-foot reinforced TV antenna fell on a house. There was also severe damage to a dock and pontoon boat. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Nisswa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Minnesota and International Railroad Freight House and Shelter Shed | 0.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Grand View Lodge | 2.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Wilford H. Fawcett House | 6.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Pequot Fire Lookout Tower | 6.7 miles | 2017 |
 | H. H. Broach House | 6.7 miles | 1980 |
 | A.L. Cole Memorial Building | 6.9 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002035 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.