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One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Samuel F. Ballard House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Listed as. Ballard, Samuel F., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 15811 Cty. Rd. 64, Watertown, 13601
- When was it listed? October 2022
- Category. building
- Also known as. Stone Buildings of Jefferson County, New York, ca. 1800-1875 MPS; Stone Buildings of Jefferson County, New York, ca. 1800-1875 MPS
- Town. Watertown town
- National Register reference number. 100006515 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
68 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Samuel F. Ballard House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 31 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Samuel F. Ballard House: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bolle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brookside Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brookside Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O'Brian Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watertown, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 37 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Flood | Watertown | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $40,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Watertown | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in the City of Watertown. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds across Monroe Avenue. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $5,000 | Several trees down on wires along route 3 in Watertown. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Watertown | $5,000 | Several trees down on wires along route 3 going out of Watertown. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $5,000 | Thunderstorms ahead of a cold front produced damaging winds which downed trees and power lines. In Sinclairville, one man was injured when a falling tree pinned him in his automobile. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Watertown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Watertown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in the City of Watertown. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $2,000 | Power lines and pole downed on Sherman Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $1,500 | Tree and wires downed at Franklin and Hamilton St. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Watertown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Watertown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $500 | Tree downed at Main and Mill Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | $500 | Large tree downed on Keyes Ave and Clay Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Watertown | $500 | Tree downed across County Road 160. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | - | Tree downed onto a house on Academy Street. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown | - | Law enforcement reported a power pole downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Watertown | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Watertown | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited 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.
- 1895 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Losee House | 2.7 miles | 2014 | |
| Star Grange No. 9 | 3.3 miles | 1989 | |
| Sulphur Springs Cemetery | 3.4 miles | 1989 | |
| District School No. 19 | 3.4 miles | 1989 | |
| Ressequie Farm | 4.2 miles | 1989 | |
| East Hounsfield Christian Church | 5.0 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006515 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 144 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.