BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1913.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
John Lindstrom Round Barn
Built in 1913. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Lindstrom, John, Round Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1311 120th Ave., Balsam Lake, 54001
- When was it listed? October 2016
- Category. building
- Town. Balsam Lake town
- When was it built? 1913
- National Register reference number. 16000741 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of John Lindstrom Round Barn between 2018 and 2019, burning about 6 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4119 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3919 |
| 20 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 195 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0117 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G180117 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2919 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of John Lindstrom Round Barn: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple River Cemetery Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Badger Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Balsam Branch Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Svoboda Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Friday Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gibson Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gibson Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Horseshoe Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Balsam Lake, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Balsam Lake | $100,000 | A tornado traveled from west to east across the northern edge of the village of Balsam Lake. A small grove of large trees was completely uprooted just north of downtown Balsam Lake. There were 2 garages which has all sides blown in. Other large trees were snapped or uprooted, with a few ending up on houses. A shed was blown over. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | $15,000 | Downburst wind damage was evident in central Balsam Lake, south of the EF-0 tornado that moved east to west along West Main Street (Highway 46). The downburst caused several signs and trees to be blown down. A garage was also damaged. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | County Dispatch reported trees down in the village of Balsam Lake. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Photos of a damaged farm showed the roof partially off a large machine shed, a collapsed shed, and a collapsed garage. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Balsam Lake | - | This tornado started in Polk County and dissipated in Barron County. A damage survey and aerial photos showed many hundreds of trees down from the tornado, which was surrounded by a massive area of severe downburst winds that downed thousands of trees. The tornado itself knocked down sheds, took roofs off barns and outbuildings, and snapped or knocked down trees, some of which landed on houses and vehicles. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down around Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Balsam Lake | - | Several trained spotters reported dime, up to half dollar size hail around Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Tree down across road. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Several trees were downed onto power lines. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Trees were downed on 120th St. in Milltown Township. The time was estimated. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Balsam Lake | - | Few trees and power lines down along six blocks in Balsam Lake. Pole barn down on the east side of Balsam Lake. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Barn blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | Strong winds, lightning and tree branches downed at least 25 power lines in the area around Balsam Lake. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Balsam Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Balsam Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Balsam Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balsam Lake | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Polk County Courthouse | 5.0 miles | 1982 |
 | Lamar Community Center | 7.3 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000741 in Record Group 79. |
| Polk County | All 13 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.