Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Wheaton Depot is a former train station in Wheaton, Minnesota, United States, built circa 1906 to handle both passengers and freight. It was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.”
Wikipedia article Wheaton station (Minnesota), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Traverse County · listed in 1985 · 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 mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheaton, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 27 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | The public reported both hail to the size of quarters and thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph. The combination of the two resulted in damage to crops as well as the homes roof and siding. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | One inch tree limbs were broken in Wheaton, Minnesota. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Estimated 80 mph wind gusts uprooted and snapped trees, and blew a roof off of a residence. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Wheaton | - | Nickel hail was observed, with little wind. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Seventy mph winds downed some trees along with some large branches in Wheaton. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Large branches were downed by high winds. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Large branches were downed by high winds. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Wheaton | - | Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches fell in and around the city of Wheaton causing flash flooding. Many roads had water running over them with several of them closed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Seventy mph winds brought down several trees along with some power lines. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | Large branches were downed in Wheaton. One branch took down a power line. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Wheaton | - | The combination of large hail and strong winds destroyed over 130,000 acres of crops in Traverse County causing an estimated $20 million damage. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Wheaton | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Wheaton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Larson's Hunters Resort | 3.7 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001818 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Traverse County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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