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Oneida County, Wisconsin

64 topographic sheets cover 27 settlements here, and 20 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

20 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Wisconsin within the United States
Oneida County within Wisconsin

What the record shows

  • 292 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 20 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 18 buildings and 2 districts.
  • 1 of the 20 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 27 populated places in this county; 27 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

20

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Ella M. Boesel Boathousebuilding199797000889
First National Bankbuilding197373000091
Hans J. Hagge Boathousebuilding200505001493
Indianapolis Outing Clubbuilding200404000156
Jollywoodbuilding200303000166
George P. Mayer Boathousebuilding201111000115
Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghousebuilding198484003751
Marshall D. Miller Boathousebuilding200808000747
Oneida County Courthousebuilding198181000052
Phillip Orth Boathousebuilding200505001492
Pelican Lake Hotelbuilding201312001188
Reay Boathousebuilding200404000730
Solon and Mathilda Sutliff Housebuilding200909000821
Texaco Service Stationbuilding2023100009186
Three Lakes Rod and Gun Clubdistrict201313000808
Tomahawk Lake Camp Historic Districtdistrict199291001987
Joseph and Augusta Trunck Boathousebuilding200808000750
Luther and Anna Walter Boathousebuilding200505001494
West Side Schoolbuilding200909000124
William H. Yawkey Boathousebuilding200909001198

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,164 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,164 of them, burning about 1,095 acres. 15 started naturally and 100 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning321
Missing data/not specified/undetermined262
Equipment and vehicle use133
Arson/incendiarism100
Recreation and ceremony89
Power generation/transmission/distribution87
Smoking43
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Other causes28
Fireworks20
Natural15

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 May 2000Debris and open burning98 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined68 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 July 1998Fireworks48 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use46 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 1994Equipment and vehicle use43 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2019Arson/incendiarism39 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAHN
29 October 2005Arson/incendiarism36 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1950 to 2026

60 of 357 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 357 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 40 injuries and about $55,252,230 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind168
Hail142
Tornado22
Lightning9
Heavy Rain6
Flood6
Flash Flood3
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1985Tornado (F3)not stated2 killed, 16 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
June 1950Tornado (F4)not stated2 killed, 12 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 5 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
September 2016LightningMinocqua1 killedA 66-year-old man was struck by lightning outside his residence on Tanglewood Court in Minocqua. He was first taken to Howard Young Medical Center, then transported to St. Claire's Hospital in Weston. From there, he was taken to a burn center in Madison where he died from his injuries.
June 1980Tornado (F1)not stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRhinelander2 hurt, $2,000no account filed
June 2002LightningRhinelander2 hurtno account filed
July 2001LightningRhinelander$750,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLake Tomahawk$500,000no account filed
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Lake George$400,000A tornado produced a path of scattered tree damage (DI 28, DOD 2,3) west of Pelican Lake. Peak winds were estimated around 80 mph.
July 2020LightningMinocqua Woodruff Ar$306,000Lightning struck a house on Nixon Road in Minocqua during the early morning hours, causing it to burn to the ground.
July 1997HailMinocqua$300,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHazelhurst$250,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWoodruff$250,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindThree Lakes$250,000no account filed
June 1991Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1986Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1981Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2010Heavy Rain(Rhi)Rhinelander Arp$200,000Rainfall runoff from the thunderstorms overwhelmed sewers in the City of Rhinelander where at least 98 homes and businesses experienced damage due to raw sewage infiltration. The hardest hit area had sewage backups in excess of 5 feet deep. The damage amount is estimated.
July 2000Flash FloodEast Portion$179,500no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPelican Lake$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed several six to eight inch diameter trees at Pelican Lake.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees south of Rhinelander. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMinocqua Woodruff Ar$85,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large number of trees and a number of power lines in the Town of Minocqua. Downed trees made roads impassable and caused thousands of customers in the Minocqua and Rhinelander areas to lose electrical service. Some homes sustained damage, mainly to their roofs, when trees fell onto them. The high winds also flipped or damaged a number of boats.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEnterprise$75,000High winds from thunderstorms downed trees and power lines. Fallen trees significantly damaged a house and blocked two roads along the southwest shore of Pelican Lake.
September 2001Tornado (F0)Pelican Lake$65,500no account filed
July 2019HailPelican Lake$50,000Half dollar size hail fell at Pelican Lake.
June 2013Hail(Rhi)Rhinelander Arp$50,000Thunderstorms produced hail as large as golf ball size as they passed north of Rhinelander, causing damage to numerous vehicles.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindThree Lakes$30,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPelican Lake$25,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMonico$25,000no account filed
June 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1953Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 2002FloodCentral Portion$16,200no account filed
May 2001Tornado (F1)Minocqua$15,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$13,000Thunderstorms produced wind near 60 mph on the northeast side of Rhinelander. The storms knocked trees down on three properties in the same neighborhood, causing minor damage to two homes, a car, and a fence. In addition, the top of a petroleum asphalt tank was partially ripped off at a nearby business.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHazelhurst$12,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Hazelhurst. One of the trees crushed a car.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMinocqua$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in the Minocqua area. Some of the trees landed on buildings. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWoodboro$10,000Straight-line thunderstorm winds downed trees on CR-L near the Lincoln County line and damaged a store in the township of Woodboro. Time of event is approximate.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindLake Tomahawk$10,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindThree Lakes$7,500Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Three Lakes. One of the trees fell onto a cabin.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMinocqua$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailMinocqua$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailHazelhurst$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailMonico$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailMinocqua$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$4,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$3,000no account filed
August 2013Heavy RainRhinelander$2,000The public reported an estimated 4 inches of rain in the Rhinelander area. There was standing water in a basement in the town of Pelican, on the east side of Rhinelander.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindClearwater Lake$2,000no account filed
June 1997HailMinocqua$2,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindHazelhurst$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$2,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMinocqua$2,000no account filed
June 1999HailThree Lakes$1,500no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWoodboro$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Tomahawk$1,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

142 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 142 workings inside this county. 7 still produce and 135 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction136
Copper, Zinc2
Zinc, Lead, Copper1
Silver1
Gold1
Zinc, Copper1
Clay1
Zinc1
Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
LynneZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect1990
Lynne DepositZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1990
Perry Lake Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Wolf River ProspectZinc, CopperUnknown
Pelican RiverCopper, ZincProspect1974
Pelican River Zn - Cu DepositCopper, ZincProspect1975
Allens Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Axelelson Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beaver Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Black Lake Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Blue Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bonack PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carrol Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cassian PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clawson Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corky Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cross Road Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Currie Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Curtis Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dead End Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Echo Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elton Gensler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Faust Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fawn Lake Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Foss Lake Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Four Mile Creek Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fox Ranch Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gagen Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gagen Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
George Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilmore Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ginty Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Goodnow Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Guths Bay Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harshaw Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Harshaw Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hat Rapids Flowage Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hat Rapids Road Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hazelhurst Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heal Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heiress Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hiles Junction Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hixon Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Javen Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jennie Webber Lake Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jennie Webber Lake Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kathan Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Katherine Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Julia Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Julia Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Julia Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Julia Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lassig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Little Moccasin Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Rice River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Somo River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Somo River Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Maple Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Margaret Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mars Lake Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mars Lake Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccord Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mercer Lake Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Minocqua Township Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monico Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monico Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monico Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monico Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mud Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Musson Brothers Sand and Gravel QySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neptune Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newbold Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newbold Creek Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Newbold Spring Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Noisy Creek Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
North River Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oneida County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Oneida County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxbow Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pelican Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pelican Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pelican Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pergande Road Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pergande Road Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pier Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Lake Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pitlick & Wick Inc.PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pratt Junction Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pratt Junction Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pratt Junction Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Railway Lane Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rhinelander Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Richardson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand Lake Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sand Lake Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Scott Creek Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Scott Creek Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Scott Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silverbass Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
South Big Lake Loop Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
South Big Lake Loop Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spirit Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spur Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Spur Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sugar Camp Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sureshot Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sutton Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Thunder Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Townline Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Lakes Creek Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Twin Lakes Creek Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Twin Lakes Creek Gravel Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Two Sisters Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Two Sisters Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Velvet Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilbert Storm Pits Musson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wildwood Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Winger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wolf River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodruff Drive Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodruff Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yawkey Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yawkey Lake Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yawkey Lake Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

27

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Oneida County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.