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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William O'Brien House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. O'Brien, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 114 E. Poppleton, Sheridan, 59749
- When was it listed? October 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. Sheridan
- National Register reference number. 86002933 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of William O'Brien House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | SILVER SPRINGS |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Madison County | DUMP |
| 15 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Madison County | MT HWY 287 |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | WISCONSIN CREEK |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | TUKE |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | ANDERSON LANE |
| 31 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TAMARACK MINE |
| 22 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WISCONSIN PRIVATE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of William O'Brien House: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Chromium Occurrence | Chromium, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Heller Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Heller Prospect Adit 1 | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Horse Creek Quartz Diorite Pegmatite | Chromium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Horse Creek Talc Prospect | Copper, Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Malachite, Talc | |
| Latest Out Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Ramshorn Creek | Mica, Silica | Unknown | ||
| Toledo Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this property
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Hail | Sheridan | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail while traveling through Sheridan. Time estimated using radar. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A trained spotter reported hail between 1 and 2 inches in diameter which shattered/splattered upon impact. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A member of the public shared a photo of hail sized 1.75 inches in diameter. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A trained spotter reported a garage window blown out by hail sized 1 inch in diameter. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Sheridan 6SW. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Sheridan 2W. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheridan | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Sheridan 2W. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Sheridan | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Sheridan. Hail broke nearly every window on the south and west facing sides of the Sheridan high school and elementary school. Many homes suffered substantial hail damage as did vehicles and crops. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheridan | - | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds, damaging several homes and trailers. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Sheridan | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Christ Episcopal Church and Rectory | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | H. D. Rossiter Building | 0.1 miles | 1994 |
 | Ferris-Hermsmeyer-Fenton | 1.8 miles | 2008 |
 | Robbers Roost | 4.9 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002933 in Record Group 79. |
| Madison County | All 18 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.