BlockFrom the record
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Pine County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Peter P. Kilstofte Farmstead
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.
- Listed as. Kilstofte, Peter P., Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Co. Hwy. 33, Askov, 55704
- When was it listed? August 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Pine County MRA
- City. Askov city
- National Register reference number. 80002109 - 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
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Peter P. Kilstofte Farmstead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Askov, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A portion of Interstate 35 was blocked by a large downed tree. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A 4 to 5 inch diameter tree was snapped about 2 feet from the ground. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Four birch trees were uprooted. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Broken tree limbs were blown onto the road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Askov | - | The Pine County Sheriff's Office reported Pioneer Lane was under water in Askov, MN. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A fallen tree was blocking Minnesota Highway 23 at Degerstorm Road. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Askov | - | An inch of rain fell in one hour. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Askov | - | Rainfall of 0.90 inch was measured after a ten minute downpour. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A few trees were uprooted. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Askov | - | The tornado touch down briefly in an open, rural area. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Nine-inch diameter trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Tree branches up to 9 inches in diameter were broken off. Wind speed is estimated. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Askov | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Partridge Township Hall | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Bethlehem Lutheran Church | 0.7 miles | 1980 |
| Kettle River Sandstone Company Quarry | 5.6 miles | 1991 | |
 | Hinckley Fire Relief House | 5.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Kettle River Bridge | 5.8 miles | 1998 |
 | Sandstone School | 5.9 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002109 in Record Group 79. |
| Pine County | All 22 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.