BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Isanti County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Edward Erickson Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 9 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Erickson, Edward, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Co. Hwy. 56 and MN 65, Isanti, 55040
- When was it listed? July 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Isanti County MRA
- Township. Athens township
- National Register reference number. 80002071 - 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
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Edward Erickson Farmstead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
48 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isanti, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 25 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Isanti | $100,000 | Estimate of four inches of rain in less than one hour. Major damage to wastewater treatment facility under construction. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | $10,000 | Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across southern Isanti County between Highway 47 and 65, north of 245 Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 65 mph downed a large tree across driveway. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Delayed report of multiple large trees down throughout Isanti, time estimated from radar. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Isanti | - | A tornado developed in Anoka County and moved through portions of Oak Grove, St Francis, and East Bethel before crossing into Isanti County. In Isanti County, twofarm outbuildings weredestroyed and a pole barnsustained roof damage. Hundreds of trees were also broken or uprooted. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Isanti | - | There was a social media picture of 1.5 inch hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Isanti | - | There was a social media picture of golf ball size hail. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Isanti | - | There was a lot of smaller hail, but a few hail stones were as large as half dollar size. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Several trees were blown down in the city of Isanti. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down near Isanti, Minnesota. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Several large trees were blown down south of Isanti. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Multiple trees were blown down near Isanti. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Isanti | - | A local observer measured 3.50 inches of rainfall in the past 12 hours. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Isanti | - | A local observer measured 3.50 inches of rainfall in the past 12 hours. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Isanti | - | Occurred at County road 5 and Whiskey. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Twenty inch diameter tree down across road. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Isanti | - | Occurred at the intersection of Highway 65 and County Road 5. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Oak tree blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Tree toppled over road. Many 3 inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Isanti | - | Numerous small branches felled. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | A tree was downed across County Road 7 about one mile north of County Road 5 just north of Spencer Brook. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Isanti | - | Dime sized hail was reported at Big Lake. The time was estimated. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Power lines were downed. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Isanti | - | Barn roof off, hundreds of trees toppled, few sheds down. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Isanti | - | Four inches of rain in less than two hours resulted in water two to three feet deep in the city of Isanti. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Trees down at County Roads 12 and 45. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Estimated winds, trees down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Trees blown down. Gusts to 50 mph also reported in Cambridge. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isanti | - | Trees down. Also trees reported down at Cambridge state hospital. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Isanti | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Isanti | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. John's Lutheran Church | 4.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Linden Barn | 6.2 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002071 in Record Group 79. |
| Isanti County | All 9 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.
- 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.