Mittendorf House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Taylor County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 803 Riverside Dr., Steinhatchee, 32359
When was it listed? September 2021
Category. building
Census division. Perry South
National Register reference number. 100007050 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Mittendorf House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 59 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
Equipment and vehicle use	104
Arson/incendiarism	59
Natural	36
Debris and open burning	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Railroad operations and maintenance	12
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Other causes	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 1999	Natural	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 2014	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	DIXIE CAMP MAINLINE #2 (15)
24 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	CEDAR (15)
19 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	391 AVE (15)
14 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	MADDIE'S MARKET (62)
14 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
12 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	902 STREET (15)

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steinhatchee, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2019	Flood	Steinhatchee	$513,000	A multi-day, significant flooding event occurred in the Steinhatchee area. A 5 day rainfall total of 31.79 inches was measured by a personal weather station in the Steinhatchee area. A total of 48 homes received minor water damage with an additional 15 homes receiving major water damage. A curfew was in place for Steinhatchee during the overnight hours. The county estimated that the damage to homes was around $513,000 in southeast Taylor county.
August 2015	Flood	Steinhatchee	$173,500	Flash flooding transitioned to a long duration of areal flooding across southeastern Taylor county. Water was slow to recede due to around 10 inches of rain falling in a couple of days. Water affected numerous roadways and homes in the area. The emergency manager estimated property damage at $173,500.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Steinhatchee	$50,000	A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage to several homes, as well as downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Taylor County EMA.
November 2002	Lightning	Steinhatchee	$50,000	Lightning destroyed the top floor of a two-story wood-frame house. Reported by the Perry News Herald.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Steinhatchee	$5,000	At least three trees fell on power lines.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Steinhatchee	$2,000	Downed trees on power lines. Reported by the Taylor County Sheriff.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Steinhatchee	-	Flash flooding of roads occurred in Steinhatchee with water approaching a few homes.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Steinhatchee	-	Significant flash flooding occurred in Steinhatchee with several inches of rain falling in just a few hours, on top of over 20 inches of rain that had already occurred over the past couple of days. Social media pictures confirmed the flooding, and a curfew was in place for Steinhatchee for the overnight hours due to the flooding.
August 2015	Flash Flood	Steinhatchee	-	Significant flash flooding occurred with intense rainfall rates. Some cars were submerged, water was up to a few feet deep over roadways including Highway 51, and water affected some homes. Some pictures were posted on social media.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Steinhatchee	-	Some roads had water across them in Steinhatchee, including 5th Ave North and 1st Ave West.
July 2013	Flood	Steinhatchee	-	Minor flooding occurred along the Steinhatchee River near Northeast River Road with water in the yards of residences on the western bank of the Steinhatchee River in Taylor county.
August 1999	Funnel Cloud	Steinhatchee	-	Taylor County S.O. deputy reported a funnel cloud at the mouth of the Steinhatchee River.
August 1993	Hail	Steinhatchee	-	Marble-size hail fell.

Every storm recorded in Taylor County

Maps showing this location

5 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1954 USGS Steinhatchee quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Cross City quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100007050 in Record Group 79.
Taylor County	All 4 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.
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.