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One of 12 National Register listings published here for Price County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Park Falls Post Office
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 109 First St. N, Park Falls, 54552
- When was it listed? October 2000
- Category. building
- Also known as. United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
- City. Park Falls city
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 00001238 - 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
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Park Falls Post Office between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Park Falls Post Office: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burtle Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butternut Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butternut Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fifield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krucky Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeshore Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maple Ridge Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old 182 Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Park Falls Gravel Pit # 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Park Falls Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Falls, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 34 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | $5,000 | A tree was downed onto a car near Park Falls. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | $4,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | $4,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines near Butternut Lake. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | $3,000 | Several trees and a power line were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Price County dispatch reported multiple trees down in the area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | A few 3 inch diameter tree limbs were broken. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | A spotter using an anemometer recorded multiple gusts to 60 mph as the storm was moving in. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Park Falls | - | There was hail a little bit larger than the size of quarters. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Park Falls | - | There was nickel to quarter size hail. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Park Falls | - | There was quarter size hail increasing to ping pong ball size hail. It was still hailing at the time of the report. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Park Falls | - | There was a lot of quarter size hail. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | There was an 8 to 10 inch diameter tree broken. The location was corrected. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | There were 12 to 14 inch diameter trees down across Kley Road northwest of Park Falls. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Twelve to 14 inch diameter trees were blown down across County Road E. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Park Falls | - | Hail was accompanied by strong, gusty winds. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | A tree was blown down on a power line about a half mile south of Park Falls. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees were blown down in the Park Falls, Fifield, and Kennan areas. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Park Falls | - | Along with the hail there were damaging winds that blew down power lines. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Park Falls | - | The hail fell at the intersection of Highway 13 and County Road E. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees were blown down onto State Highway 13. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees and power lines were blown down near Pike Lake along Shady Knoll Road. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Park Falls | - | Hail fell at the intersection of Highway 70 and Price Lake Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Park Falls | - | A tornado briefly touched down over Butternut Lake. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | Shingles were torn off homes. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Park Falls | - | Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Park Falls | - | Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Park Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Park Falls | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flambeau Paper Company Office Building | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Fifield Town Hall | 4.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Fifield Fire Lookout Tower | 6.8 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00001238 in Record Group 79. |
| Price County | All 12 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.