BlockFrom the record
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Crow Wing County · listed in 1991 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Red River Trail: Crow Wing Section
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. Off Co. Hwy. 27, Crow Wing State Park, Ft. Ripley Twp., Baxter, 56443
- When was it listed? February 1991
- Category. site
- Also known as. Minnesota Red River Trails MPS
- National Register reference number. 90002201 - 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
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Red River Trail: Crow Wing Section between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,813 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Red River Trail: Crow Wing Section: 3 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willcuts Reserve H-47 | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Willcuts Reserve H-47 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Barrows Reserve H-1 | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Hanna Iron Ore Divn | Iron | Prospect | ||
| N W I Reserve X-51 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| N.W.I. Reserve X-51 | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite |
Storms near this property
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baxter, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Lightning | Baxter | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Eight trees were downed between the reporter's location and the home next door on Red Sand Lake. The trees fell during a 5 minute period at the onset of the storm. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Numerous oak trees measured at ten inches in diameter were broken and blocking a driveway. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Tree snapped in half with several other trees knocked down as well. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | A large section of roof was ripped off with shingles on the ground. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | A medium sized tree was snapped at the base. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Baxter | - | There were hailstones ranging from 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Several pine and oak trees with diameters larger than twelve inches were knocked down along Minnesota Highway 210 two miles west of the intersection with Minnesota 371. An oak tree also fell across a home on the south end of White Sand lake. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Several boats that were tied to a pier were blown into the pier breaking it. One tree was also snapped. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Baxter | - | There was 1' of water on the road in the Industrial Park area in Baxter, MN. There was also water covering a stretch of Highway 371 in Baxter. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Baxter | - | Water covered the intersection of Highway 371 and Birchdale Road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Baxter | - | There was standing water near the intersection of Highway 371 and Wioda Road in Baxter, MN. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Baxter | - | There was water covering the road at the intersection of Highway 371 and Excelsior Road in Baxter, MN. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | The smaller bleachers of the Brainerd International Raceway blew over. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | An old drive-in movie theater screen was blown over. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | There were numerous trees down with many blocking the roads. There were power lines down. State Highway 371 north of Baxter was blocked by fallen trees. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Two to three 8 to 12 diameter living pine trees were down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | The cart corrals at Walmart were upended. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Numerous trees were down. There were 12 to 14 inch diameter trees snapped off. At least one tree was uprooted. Other trees were down in the neighborhood. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | There were eight 6 to 8 inch diameter trees down in the vicinity of Forest Drive. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Several large trees were downed in the Knollwood area of Baxter. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | Two trees that were one foot in diameter were snapped. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Baxter | - | In addition to the hail, trees blown down by strong thunderstorm winds at County Highway 177 and Highway 49. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baxter | - | 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 90002201 in Record Group 79. |
| Crow Wing County | All 31 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.