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2 National Register listings published here.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Waushara County, Wisconsin
51 topographic sheets cover 24 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 198 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 district and 1 building.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 24 populated places in this county; 24 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
2Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alanson M. Kimball House | district | 1988 | 88002023 | |
 | Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail | building | 1982 | 82000729 |
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
1,452 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,452 of them, burning about 2,291 acres. 36 started naturally and 132 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 533 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 290 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 251 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 132 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 57 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Other causes | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 December 2002 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CYPRESS ROAD FIRE |
| 9 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUD CREEK |
| 27 November 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1954 to 2025
60 of 268 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 268 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 36 injuries and about $62,778,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 144 |
| Hail | 77 |
| Tornado | 25 |
| Flash Flood | 6 |
| Flood | 5 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 |
| Lightning | 3 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1992 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 killed, 30 hurt, $25,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1966 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1957 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Wild Rose | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Coloma | $26,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainfield | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 1956 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $975,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Brushville | $645,000 | A tornado formed at 5:41 pm CDT near West Bloomfield in northeast Waushara County and continued northeast before dissipating at 5:47 pm CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 4.8131 miles long, with a width of 100 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 95 mph. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds, with gusts to 70 mph, downed power lines and snapped the limbs of or uprooted thousands of trees throughout the county. |
| October 1992 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1988 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 1985 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1971 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Coloma Muni Arpt | $175,000 | This tornado moved out of Adams County and entered Waushara County at 6:35 pm CDT (1735 CST) about 1.8 miles northwest of Coloma. The worst damage occurred just inside the Waushara County line. A mobile home roof was torn off (DI 3, DOD 4) and roof damage was noted to several homes (DI 2, DOD 4). The average width was about 80 yards. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxeville | $120,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and produced damage to two houses in Saxeville. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Wild Rose | $100,000 | A tornado formed east of Wild Rose and quickly moved northeast, uprooting or snapping over 100 pine trees (DI 28, DOD 2-4) along its intermittent path. Several houses sustained significant roof damage from fallen trees. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Poy Sippi | $100,000 | A tornado formed near Poy Sippi, moved east-northeast over the north shore of Lake Poygan, then entered Winnebago County at 8:04 pm CDT (1904 CST). The tornado damaged a house (DI 2, DOD 4) and destroyed a barn (DI 1, DOD 6) in the Poy Sippi area. Another barn was flattened (DI 1, DOD 6) near the north shore of Lake Poygan. Many pine and fir trees were uprooted or snapped (DI 28, DOD 3-4) along the path of the storm. The average path width was 100 yards. |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Wautoma | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine River | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and produced damage to a house in the town of Leon. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Hancock | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richford | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a barn in Richford. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wild Rose | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several dozen trees in Wild Rose. Several houses were damaged by the fallen trees. In addition, some roads become impassable over northern and eastern sections of Waushara County due to downed trees. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1985 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flood | Hancock | $20,000 | Multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall over a 24-hour period caused Bird Creek to rise out of its banks near Wautoma, and flooded low-lying areas in other parts of the county. The flooding damaged roads and at least one bridge. The COOP site near Hancock had a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.60 inches through the morning of the 22nd. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Berlin | $13,000 | Runoff from rainfall and melting snow, along with clogged storm drains and ice jams, caused numerous roads, ditches, streams and low-lying areas to flood throughout Waushara County. Some roads were damaged by the flooding and required repairs after the water receded. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Borth | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a 36 foot by 40 foot pole barn as the storms passed southeast of Poy Sippi. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Redgranite | $5,000 | Thunderstorms produced hail that covered the ground in Redgranite. Some of the hail was larger than softball size. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Wautoma | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Wautoma | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bannerman | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a house in the town of Marion. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wild Rose | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed medium size trees in Wild Rose. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hancock | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Flood | Wautoma | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused some street flooding in Wautoma. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wild Rose | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Wautoma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wild Rose | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Wild Rose. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richford | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Richford. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Richford | - | Rainfall of 4 to 5.5 inches in a short time caused flash flooding on highway 21 between Coloma and Wautoma as well as in the city of Wautoma. Highway 21 was closed between Coloma and Wautoma with multiple roads closed in Wautoma due to street flooding. Multiple vehicles were stalled with passengers rescued by boat. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wautoma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wautoma. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wild Rose | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Wild Rose. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Plainfield. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Coloma Muni Arpt | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding and a road closure at County V and state route 21 in western Waushara County. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coloma | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Coloma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mt Morris | - | Quarter size hail fell near Mount Morris. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Coloma | - | Ping pong size hail fell south of Coloma. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Spring Lake. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lohrville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Lohrville. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Hail up to 1 and 7/8 inch in diameter fell near Poy Sippi. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Poy Sippi. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
Mines and quarries
8 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 8 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 8 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eastling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hendrickson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Radtkes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waushara County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
24Named 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.
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Mount Morris
Mount Morris town · 54982 · On Mount Morris · Spring Lake quadrangle
8 sheets, 1955 to 1985
The vanished settlements of Waushara 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.