Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“Steele Boyhood Home, also known as the T.C. Steele House, is a historic home located at Waveland, Indiana.”
Wikipedia article T.C. Steele Boyhood Home, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Montgomery County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of T.C. Steele Boyhood Home between 2002 and 2005, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 December 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 November 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 October 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of T.C. Steele Boyhood Home: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Stone Co. With Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waveland, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waveland | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waveland | $30,000 | Roof blown off a home and a garage was damaged |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waveland | $2,000 | Multiple trees of unknown size downed at this location by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Waveland | - | This report came in via Facebook. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Waveland | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | George Seybold House | under 500 feet | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001318 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Montgomery County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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