BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Lyon County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Camden State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. Off MN 23 SW of Lynd, Lynd, 56157
- When was it listed? April 1991
- Category. district
- Also known as. Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
- Township. Lyons township
- Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
- National Register reference number. 89001669 - 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
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Camden State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District between 2009 and 2012, burning about 127 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 acres | 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 Camden State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
43 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynd, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 26 hail, 9 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Lynd | $155,000 | Excessive rainfall rates overloaded culverts on County Road 5 north of Lynd and County Road 7 south of State Highway 23 near Marshall, each washing out large sections of roadway. Other county roads (60, 63 and 65) lost culverts as well, with road damage across the county totaling around 155 thousand dollars. Rainfall at Marshall was 4.81 inches, 4.02 inches just south of Marshall, 5.77 inches at Tracy and 6.50 inches at Ghent. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Lynd | $10,000 | After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (5.70 inches at Marshall), the Redwood River at Marshall (gage site MSHM5) reached the ninth highest stage on record of 1.14 feet above flood stage on September 12. Significant agricultural land was flooded, with numerous county roads under water. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lynd | $2,000 | Large hail damaged a camper. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds, some as large as 4 feet in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Lynd | - | The Redwood River at Marshall rose above flood stage the morning of June 22nd, cresting around 1.87 feet above flood stage (15.87 feet) on June 24th. This crest is in the Moderate stage. The river then fell below flood stage on the morning of June 26th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Lyon County. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Lynd | - | Quarter size hail stripped leaves from trees. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Camden State Park. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | A second floor balcony of a historic hotel building was removed by a large tree limb displaced by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Lynd | - | The Redwood River at Marshall (gage site MSHM5) rose briefly above flood stage and crested at 1.19 feet above flood stage on March 7. Minor flooding of agricultural areas occurred outside Marshall. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lynd | - | Drifts of pea-sized hail at Camden State Park. There were a few as large as nickel to quarter size. Rainfall was 2.50 inches. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lynd | - | Multiple quarter-sized hailstones with some up to half-dollar size. Many leaves were stripped due to abundant hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Lynd | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.56 inches at Marshall) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural lands and several county roads around Marshall. The Redwood River at Marshall (gage site MSHM5) reached the highest stage on record cresting 5.71 feet above flood stage on March 24. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Lynd | - | Runoff from heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in the Redwood River basin from July 4 into July 5 (2.70 inches at Marshall) produced brief flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River near Marshall (gage site MSHM5) crested at 0.60 feet above flood stage on July 5. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Lynd | - | Runoff following the major winter storm in mid-April produced brief flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River near Marshall (gage site MSHM5) crested at 0.77 feet above flood stage on April 18. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Lynd | - | Snow melt and runoff from periods of heavier rainfall briefly produced moderate flooding with impact to lowland agricultural areas. River levels reached 1.9 feet above flood stage on the Redwood River at Marshall (gage site MSHM5) on April 24. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Lynd | - | A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 2 to 5 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 24. Weekly rainfall totals reached 4.08 inches 6 miles east of Ivanhoe, 2.79 inches at Minneota and 1.84 inches at Marshall. Minor flooding occurred with significant amounts of crop and pasture land inundated as the Redwood River at Marshall (gage site MSHM5) briefly crested 0.4 feet above flood stage on June 25. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Lynd | - | The event began as a flash flood, with historical flooding of areas around Marshall. Numerous motorists were in need of rescue when their vehicles became stalled in the flood waters which ran 2 to 4 feet deep in places around the city. Significant amounts of crop and pasture land were severely impacted near the Redwood River, as well as a few county and township roads inundated by major flooding as river levels climbed to 3.4 feet above flood stage near Marshall (gage site MSHM5) on July 3. This is the highest crest on record for the gage site. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lynd | - | Also road flooding being reported in Lynd, MN via Social Media. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lynd | - | Trees were damaged as well. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lynd | - | Windows were broke. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The winds were accompanied by small hail and heavy rain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree uprooted. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lynd | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynd | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and flattened corn crops. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Lynd | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of numerous roads in the Marshall area, including Highway 59. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lynd | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lynd | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kiel & Morgan Hotel/Lyon County Courthouse | 2.5 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89001669 in Record Group 79. |
| Lyon County | All 12 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.