Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Cobb House is a home built circa 1885 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Originally built as a private residence for C.B.”
Wikipedia article Cyrus B. Cobb House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 134 National Register listings published here for Ramsey County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cyrus B. Cobb House between 2000 and 2019, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | RED ARROW |
| 3 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2018 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Bear Lake, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Lightning | White Bear Lake | 1 killed | One man died because of lightning strike while under a tree. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | White Bear Lake | $500,000 | Several main highways, and secondary roads had significant flooding, with up to four feet of standing water in northern Ramsey County. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Two trees down on the north side of White Bear Lake. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Multiple trees and branches down on the southern side of White Bear Lake. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | A boat was damaged on a boat lift. A few large trees were snapped off above the ground. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Several reports of multiple trees blown down in the White Bear Lake area. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Several large tree branches were blown down north of White Bear Lake. |
| May 2011 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | Hail fell just east of Goose Lake. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs blown down in White Bear Lake. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Several 6-12 inch diameter trees were blown down along Highway 61 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. |
| May 2008 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | At Highway 61 and Otter Lake Rd. |
| August 2007 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | Near Highway 96. |
| June 2005 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Highway 96 and Otter Lake Road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Several large trees over 1 foot in diameter were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | A tree was downed onto power and telephone lines near the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Fourth Street. |
| August 2005 | Lightning | White Bear Lake | - | Lightning struck a home and a nearby tree on Whitaker Street. The bolt that struck the home damaged electrical equipment inside. The bolt that struck the tree caused the tree to split in two, and one of the pieces fell through a window. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Numerous large branches down. |
| June 2001 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | Hail occurred in the city of Shoreview. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear Lake | - | Numerous large trees down. Major roof damage to residence due to falling tree. Windows broken in several homes. Large signs down at Belair and County Road E. |
| May 2022 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | White Bear Lake | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First National Bank of White Bear | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| White Bear Lake Armory | 0.2 miles | 2019 | |
 | Charles P. Noyes Cottage | 0.3 miles | 1976 |
 | E. H. Hobe House-Solheim | 2.7 miles | 1983 |
 | Hill's James, J., North Oaks Farm, Dairy Building | 5.0 miles | 1997 |
 | Hill's, James J., North Oaks Farm, Dairy Building, Granary Root Cellar and Auxiliary Buildings, Boundary Increase | 5.1 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83000928 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ramsey County | All 134 listed properties in this county. |
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