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One of 15 National Register listings published here for Kandiyohi County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John M. Spicer Summer House and Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- Listed as. Spicer, John M., Summer House and Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 600 S. Lake Ave., Spicer, 56288
- When was it listed? August 1986
- Category. building
- Township. Green Lake township
- National Register reference number. 86002292 - 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
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of John M. Spicer Summer House and Farm in 2005, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of John M. Spicer Summer House and Farm: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcbroom Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Messenbrink Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oscar Erickson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ringo Lake Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tallakson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spicer, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 strong wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Spicer | 2 hurt | Sheds and pole barns down. Church lost part of its roof. Two people were injured when their truck and camper were flung to the edge of a lake. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Spicer | $250,000 | A NWS survey, plus storm chasers video indicated an EF-1 tornado across portions of eastern Kandiyohi County, or the Irving Township area. This tornado destroyed one large shed and heavily damaged another. Drone video indicated the exact track of the tornado as it moved into Meeker County. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Spicer | $250,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey, plus visual reports and video, confirmed that a tornado moved through portions of Kandiyohi County near the town of Spicer. Portions of downtown Spicer were damaged, including the partial destruction of the upper level of a home, roof damage to multiple houses, several outbuildings destroyed, and a dozen or more car windows blown out at the local Green Mall parking lot. Maximum wind damage was estimated between 100 to 110 mph. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Spicer | $100,000 | An NWS survey found EF-0 tornado damage along and south of Green Lake around Spicer. The county emergency manager reported portion of a metal roof was blown off near the beginning of the tornado. As it moved northeast, dozens of trees were snapped, and docks along the lake sustained damage. The tornado was documented on several videos, and drone images also provided information on the damage path, including the ending point of the tornado. |
| April 2014 | Lightning | Spicer | $50,000 | An early-morning lightning strike ignited a fire that caused extensive damage to a house overlooking Green Lake near Spicer, Minnesota. The lightning sparked a fire which destroyed a utility room and moved upward to the second story and roof. The interior suffered smoke damage, the electrical system was destroyed, and there was other charring and heat damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | $10,000 | Power poles were blown down near Spicer. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | $10,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey found straight-line wind damage associated with the rear-flank downdraft of the tornadic thunderstorm that went through Spicer. Localized extensive tree damage was observed where winds were estimated between 90 and 100 mph. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph downed two trees in Dovre Township. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | The local emergency manager, and a local cooperative observer reported numerous trees, some up to 30 inches in diameter, blown down from north of Willmar to Green Lake, or around Spicer. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | Several power lines were blown down and caused power outages around the area. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Spicer | - | Nickel sized hail fell at the intersection of Highway 71 and County Road 10. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | A garage under construction on 113th Ave. NE (Route 10) was damaged. The time was estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | Large branches were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | Scattered trees down. Boats and docks lifted on Green Lake. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Spicer | - | Wind driven large hail caused major damage across Kandiyohi County. Damage estimate for the county is listed with the 3 S Sunburg to 1 E Atwater listing. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | Several residences and vehicles damaged from falling trees. |
| May 1997 | Strong Wind | Spicer | - | Roof torn off cabin on southeast shore of Lake Florida. Wind estimated at 45 knots. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Spicer | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicer | - | 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 86002292 in Record Group 79. |
| Kandiyohi County | All 15 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.