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Notable locations in Sandstone: Banning Campground (A), Sandstone (B), Sandstone Area Country Club (C), Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution (D), Sandstone History and Art Center (E), Sandstone Public Library (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Sandstone include: Assembly of God Church (A), Zion Lutheran Church (B), Trinity Lutheran Church (C), Saint Luke's Catholic Church (D), United Church of Christ (E), Dell Grove Emmanuel Lutheran Church (F), Community Worship Center (G), Evangelical Free Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Spring Park Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Wolf Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Sandstone include: Johnson Park (1), Robinson Park (2), Watertower Park (3), Railroad Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Sandstone Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Audubon Center of the North Woods (Nature Centers; 54165 Audubon Drive), Sandstone City Clerk (Recreation Areas; 119 4th Street).
Hotel: Sandstone 61 Motel (1409 Highway 23 North).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Sandstone and their reported violations in the past:
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (Address: 2300 County Road 29, Population served: 900, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon & U. Follow-up actions: St Intentional no-action (FEB-18-2000), St Public Notif requested (FEB-18-2000), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-18-2000), St Public Notif received (6 times from MAR-03-2000 to SEP-04-2001), St BCA signed (JAN-04-2002), St Public Notif received (JAN-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-10-2002)
- MCL, Average - Between APR-1999 and JUN-1999, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-12-1999), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-12-1999), St Intentional no-action (AUG-12-1999), St Public Notif received (7 times from SEP-09-1999 to SEP-04-2001), St BCA signed (JAN-04-2002), St Public Notif received (JAN-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-10-2002)
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
NORTHWOODS AUDUBON CENTER (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (JUL-09-1999), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-09-1999), St Public Notif requested (JUL-09-1999), St Tech Assistance Visit (JUL-09-1999), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUL-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-09-1999), St Compliance achieved (JUL-20-1999)
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-24-2002), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-24-2002), St Public Notif requested (SEP-24-2002), St Tech Assistance Visit (SEP-24-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (SEP-24-2002), St Boil Water Order (SEP-24-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-17-2002)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Sandstone that have no violations reported:
- TWO CREEKS CAMPGROUND (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  16.7% | | Whole state: |  7.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 3.2% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sandstone, MN
People in group quarters in Sandstone
- 124 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in other group homes
Sandstone compared to Minnesota state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Sandstone (2009 data):
- First National Bank of the North: First National Bank Of The North at 510 Main Street, branch established on 1902-08-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $63.7 mil, Deposits: $56.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Pine County Minnesota:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Sandstone
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | Evangelical Free Church of America | Baptist General Conference |
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| Adherents | 36.3% | 29.6% | 12.8% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
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| Congregations | 16.7% | 20.8% | 10.4% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 7.5% |
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| Congregations | 4.2% | 6.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 25.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,330 | $39,960 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $7,443 | $44,658 | 6 | $1,924 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $255 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,538 | $42,456 | 1 | $1,798 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $735 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,112 | $25,344 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,023 |
| Totals for Government |
5 | $16,423 | $39,415 | 12 | $5,735 |
Sandstone government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $38,000
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $783,000
- Charges - Housing & Community Development: $637,000
All Other: $268,000
Parks & Recreation: $213,000
Sewerage: $138,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $58,000
- Current Operations - Housing & Community Development: $720,000
General - Other: $231,000
Parks & Recreation: $191,000
Regular Highways: $107,000
Water Utilities: $103,000
Police Protection: $75,000
Sewerage: $75,000
Air Transportation: $44,000
Fire Protection: $40,000
Financial Administration: $35,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $14,000
Central Staff Services: $8,000
Libraries: $4,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $214,000
Total Federal Securities: $68,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $47,000
Benefit Payments: $28,000
From Other Government: $13,000
From Local Government: $5,000
Interest Revenue: $-17,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $580,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $208,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $8,777,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,500,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $213,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $9,809,000
Water Utilities: $203,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $255,000
Water Utilities: $5,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $85,000
General Revenue, NEC: $84,000
Special Assessments: $34,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $40,000
General - Other: $31,000
Regular Highways: $25,000
Parks & Recreation: $14,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $547,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $153,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,983,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $426,000
All Other: $29,000
- Tax - Property: $381,000
NEC: $27,000
Public Utilities: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $775,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $10,000
7.60% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,396 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.60% | | Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,171 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.48% | | Minnesota average: | 7.84% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Sandstone:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WBHR (660 AM; 10 kW; SAUK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HERBERT M. HOPPE)
- KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sandstone:
- W280DF (103.9 FM; SANDSTONE, MN; Owner: REFUGE MEDIA GROUP)
- WCMP-FM (100.9 FM; PINE CITY, MN; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Sandstone:
- W24CL (Channel 24; GRANTSBURG, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
Sandstone fatal accident list:
Dec 17, 1992 12:10 AM, T512, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 24 meters (79ft)
Total costs: $1,671,000
Total average daily traffic: 2,099
Total average daily truck traffic: 164
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- 1.75 Miles East Of I-35, 3 Miles Northwest Of Sandstone, Call Sign: KNKN701
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 11/28/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6- Steven White, Adj To Pine Ave & 6th St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Keller And Heckman LLP, 1001 G Street, Nw, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 434-4282, Email:
- Jerri L Janjua, 3.5 Mi N, Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128.1 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
- Gary E Alchin, Robin Street, Fire Code S302, Type: Tower, Structure height: 74.7 m, Overall height: 75.6 m
Registrant: CO - Lottie L Thompson, 25085 Nurses Rd. (Sandstone#51482), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 93.9 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1101 Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Phone: (847) 240-1508 - Stan Kirkland, 2300 County Road 29, Type: Tower, Structure height: 30.5 m, Overall height: 33.5 m, , Licensee ID: L00651728
Registrant: Federal Bureau Of Prisons, 500 First Street Nw, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20534, Phone: (202) 514-6652 - Steve White, 5 Miles Southwest Of Terry, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Keller And Heckman, LLP, 1001 G Street Nw, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 434-4282, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4- BANNING SP, Park Hdqtrs Banning State Pk, Type: Tower, Structure height: 24.4 m, Overall height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: WYY990
Assigned Frequencies : 151.190 MHz, 151.370 MHz, 151.415 MHz, 159.240 MHz
Grant Date: 08/13/2004, Expiration Date: 08/29/2014
Registrant: Electronic Communications Office, 1500 W Cr B2, Ms730, Roseville, MN 55113, Phone: (651) 234-7970, Fax: (651) 234-7960, Email:
- Adj To Pine Ave & 6th St, Structure height: 86 m, Call Sign: KVA635, Licensee ID: L00001853
Assigned Frequencies : 451.275 MHz
Grant Date: 03/20/2002, Expiration Date: 04/01/2012
Registrant: Minnesota Power Inc, 30 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802, Phone: (218) 722-2641 - Jct 6th St & Pine Ave, Call Sign: WGM424
Assigned Frequencies : 154.463 MHz
Grant Date: 04/27/2001, Expiration Date: 05/06/2011, Certifier: James L Goodin
Registrant: B V Larson Inc., 1082 West Bone Lake Ln, Milltown, WI 54858, Phone: (715) 857-5557, Fax: (715) 857-5557, Email:
- Lat: 46.131111 Lon: -92.867778, Call Sign: WPSH830
Assigned Frequencies : 467.925 MHz, 464.137 MHz, 461.137 MHz, 467.750 MHz, 467.875 MHz, 467.800 MHz, 467.825 MHz, 467.775 MHz
Grant Date: 05/02/2001, Expiration Date: 05/02/2011, Certifier: Chris Thoruig
Registrant: 6566 Edenvale Blvd, Eden Prairie, MN 55346, Phone: (612) 934-4002
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3- 123 Main St, Overall height: 35.1 m, Call Sign: WNTX562
Assigned Frequencies : 956.850 MHz, 957.750 MHz
Grant Date: 01/10/1995, Expiration Date: 01/10/2000, Cancelation Date: 04/15/2000
Registrant: Phone: (612) 245-5261 - SANDSTONE, 3 Mi Nw Of, Overall height: 128 m, Call Sign: WPNB313
Assigned Frequencies : 6655.00 MHz, 6595.00 MHz
Grant Date: 02/27/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Elizabeth L Kohler
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- STATION, Adj To Pine Ave & 6th St, Overall height: 86.3 m, Call Sign: WAY526
Assigned Frequencies : 6845.00 MHz
Grant Date: 02/08/1999, Expiration Date: 03/17/2009, Cancelation Date: 12/17/2008
Registrant: Lockard & White Inc, 14511 Falling Creek, Suite 507, Houston, TX 77014, Phone: (281) 586-0574, Fax: (281) 586-0044, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5- Call Sign: KI0HX, Previous Call Sign: KC5FUO, Licensee ID: L00246042
Grant Date: 02/25/2004, Expiration Date: 03/22/2014, Certifier: Raymond C Olson
Registrant: Raymond C Olson, 32430 State Hwy 123, Sandstone, MN 55072 - Call Sign: N0PAF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00177128
Grant Date: 05/09/2003, Expiration Date: 06/29/2013
Registrant: Rene V Stadin Jr, 421 Fifth Street, Sandstone, MN 55072-4714 - Call Sign: W0CQV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00158980
Grant Date: 10/06/1999, Expiration Date: 11/07/2009
Registrant: Henry F Sheppard, Rr 1 Box 159a, Sandstone, MN 55072 - Call Sign: W0SXO, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00323969
Grant Date: 11/23/2004, Expiration Date: 01/20/2015, Certifier: Emory D Hendrickson
Registrant: Emory D Hendrickson, 52931 Cloverdale Rd, Sandstone, MN 55072 - Call Sign: WA0LJF, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/23/1995, Expiration Date: 08/23/2005, Cancelation Date: 08/24/2007
Registrant: Eugene P Kosbab, 214 1st St N, Sandstone, MN 55072
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 29
- Hazardous Condition: 6
- Good Intent Call: 1
Incident types - Sandstone
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