Pine City is the Pine County seat on Cross Lake and the Snake River, right off I-35. On July 19, 2019, NOAA storm reports logged 2.75-inch hail near Pine City, the largest in our records for the town since 2015. The next day Repair King was on the big flat roof at Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram on Northridge Court, photographing the membrane, seams, metal edges and rooftop equipment. We serve Pine City homes and businesses, pull the city's roofing permit and give you a dated photo report.
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On July 19, 2019, NOAA storm reports put 2.75-inch hail near Pine City. The next day we walked the flat roof at Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and photographed what a big rubber roof looks like after a storm like that: standing water across wide areas, split seams at inside corners, a torn section of membrane, and a lifted piece of metal coping at the roof edge.
Big commercial roofs along I-35 in Pine City are mostly flat or low-slope, covered in black rubber membrane with metal coping at the edges and rooftop units, exhaust fans and satellite dishes on top. Hail doesn't dent a membrane the way it dents a car. It bruises and cracks it, and the damage hides under standing water until someone walks the roof and feels for it.
That's what our July 20, 2019 photos show at the dealership. Rainwater was still sitting in the low areas and along the parapets. The inside corners, where the membrane folds up the wall, had split seams we could get a finger into. One section of membrane was torn open, and a length of metal coping at the roof edge had lifted off. We photographed the rooftop units, exhaust fans and the satellite dishes sitting in water, so the owner had a full record of the roof the day after the storm.
Pine City has a long history with roofs and storms. In 1952, lightning struck the 1886 Pine County Courthouse, a towered Romanesque Revival building, and destroyed it. Today's storms are more likely to be hail and straight-line wind, and a flat roof that ponds water gives both more to work with. We check drains, seams, corners and edges first.
The best-known roof we've worked on in Pine City is Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram at 715 Northridge Court NW, the dealership you can see from I-35. Eide added the Pine City store in 2010. We inspected its flat roof the day after the July 2019 hail.
A large black rubber roof over the showroom and service areas, with rooftop units, exhaust fans and satellite dishes. We walked and photographed it on July 20, 2019, the day after 2.75-inch hail was reported near Pine City.
At the edge of the dealership roof, a length of metal coping had lifted off the wall, exposing the membrane and wood blocking underneath. Coping is what holds the roof edge down in wind, so this was one of the first things we photographed.
Pine City's housing is older and more mixed than most towns its size. The median home was built in 1975, about one in five homes predates 1940, and nearly a third of homes are in apartment buildings. Along I-35, the commercial buildings are mostly flat-roofed.
| Local factor | What we see in Pine City | Why it matters for repairs |
|---|---|---|
| Housing age | Median year built 1975. About 450 homes from the 1970s and 385 built in 1939 or earlier, out of 1,870 (Census ACS 2020–2024) | Pre-1940 homes near downtown often have board decks and layered roofs; 1970s roofs may be on their third set of shingles |
| Housing mix | About 1,160 single-family detached homes and roughly 570 homes in apartment buildings; 61% owner-occupied | Apartment and rental roofs need an owner-ready photo record and planning around tenants |
| Commercial roofs | Flat and low-slope roofs along I-35, like the Eide Chrysler dealership | Seams, inside corners, coping and drains are where flat roofs fail after hail and wind |
| Lakes and river | Cross Lake and the Snake River run through town; Pokegama Lake is just west | Lakeshore and riverside homes take more wind, and big pines drop needles into gutters and valleys |
| County seat | Pine City is the county seat of Pine County, at the county's southern edge | County and city offices are both in town, and permits go through the city's building official |
| Winters | East-central Minnesota snow load and freeze-thaw cycles | Ice barrier at the eaves and good attic ventilation matter as much as the shingles |
A real Pine City job from our job album, with photos our crew took on the roof. We describe what the photos show, not outcomes or dollar amounts.
The biggest hail near Pine City in our records came on July 19, 2019, when NOAA storm reports logged 2.75-inch hail. We were on the Eide Chrysler roof the next day. Since then, 1.25-inch hail was reported near Pine City on August 10, 2020, the same day as a 58 mph wind gust, and 0.88-inch hail on May 9, 2022. The most recent damaging wind reports were 58 mph gusts on May 30, 2022 and August 11, 2023. Hail that size cracks membranes and shingles and dents metal, often without anything visible from the ground.
| Date | Type | What was reported | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 | Wind | 58 mph wind gust measured | Missing or creased shingles, ridge caps, flashing, siding |
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports within 3 miles of the center of Pine City, through September 2026. Reports are from trained spotters and the public; hail can hit a street without a report.
Our free Roof & Storm Report looks up hail and wind history for your exact address, not just the city.
Photos from Repair King's job album for the Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram roof in Pine City.
Yes. Pine City requires building permits on almost every project, and a residential roofing permit is $125 on the city's 2026 fee schedule, plus the state surcharge. Residential roofs don't need plan review, so they're over-the-counter permits that can often be issued in one visit to City Hall.
The city's building code administration is handled by Rum River Construction Consultants, which reviews applications and does the inspections. If you're not sure whether a project needs a permit, the city points you to them at 763-331-7722. Repair King pulls the permit under our Minnesota contractor license (BC695228) and schedules the inspections.
Commercial roofs are different. All commercial projects go through plan review, with fees based on the value of the work from the city's valuation table. For a flat roof like the dealership's, we coordinate the permit, the building official's review and the timing with the owner.
Pine City enforces the Minnesota State Building Code. On shingle roofs that means ice barrier from the eaves to at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall, and new flashing where the old is worn.
Pine City is the county seat of Pine County, about an hour north of the Twin Cities on I-35, with 3,130 residents at the 2020 census. Part of the city is on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, and it sits between Cross Lake and the Snake River.
The Ojibwe village of Chengwatana grew up where the Snake River leaves Cross Lake, and for one trading season in 1804–05 the North West Company ran the Snake River Fur Post nearby, now a Minnesota Historical Society site. The railroad arrived, logging took off, and Pine City was platted in 1869 and incorporated in 1881. In 1894, Robinson Park served as a staging area for relief after the Great Hinckley Fire. I-35 reached town in 1967, and Pine City has hosted its International Polkafest since 1978. Today the lakes make it part resort town, part commuter town. Our crews come up I-35 from St. Paul.
Start with an inspection, not a decision. A damaged shingle does not automatically mean a roof needs to be replaced. What matters is what the inspection actually finds on the roof, siding, gutters and windows.
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Yes. A residential roofing permit is $125 on Pine City's 2026 fee schedule, plus the state surcharge. It's an over-the-counter permit with no plan review, and Repair King pulls it under our license.
NOAA storm reports put 0.88-inch hail near Pine City on May 9, 2022. The largest since 2015 was 2.75 inches on July 19, 2019. Run a free Roof & Storm Report for your exact address.
Yes. We inspected the flat rubber roof at Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram on July 20, 2019, the day after 2.75-inch hail, and photographed its seams, corners, coping and rooftop equipment.
Pine City's building code administration is handled by Rum River Construction Consultants (763-331-7722). Commercial roofs go through plan review; residential roofs don't.
Ponding usually means low spots, sagging deck or clogged drains. On the Pine City dealership roof we photographed standing water along the parapets the day after the storm. Water that sits hides damage and wears seams faster.
Yes. Lake homes take more wind, and pines drop needles into valleys and gutters, so we check ridges, rakes and gutters as well as hail hits.
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