A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Adams County · listed in 1966 · category: Site · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Serpent Mound between 2003 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15796 |
| 17 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4387 |
| 30 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1088 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wickerham Inn | 4.2 miles | 1979 |
 | John T. Wilson Homestead | 6.9 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 66000602 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Adams County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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