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
Oscar Olson 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.
- Listed as. Olson, Oscar, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 309 Beechwood, Braham, 55006
- When was it listed? July 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Isanti County MRA
- City. Braham city
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 80002073 - 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
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Oscar Olson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 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 Oscar Olson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braham, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | $50,000 | Several trees blew down near Braham, including damage to an outbuilding. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Braham | $50,000 | Numerous cars, windows, roofs and siding damaged. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Braham | - | A measured rainfall report of 3.07 inches fell west near Braham in 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | A large tree was uprooted near Braham. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Eight inch diameter trees were downed onto Highway 107. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | Hail larger than a golf ball damaged a vehicle. The time was estimated. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | A few trees down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Tree fell on home. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Estimated winds, trees toppled. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Car blown into ditch. Trees down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Large trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Braham | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002073 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.
- 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.