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Photograph of Mountain High School
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Mountain School

Built in 1905. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“Mountain High School was a high school in Mountain, Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Mountain School in 2000.”

Wikipedia article Mountain High School (Mountain, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Oconto County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1905.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 14330 Hwy W West, Mountain, 54149
  • When was it listed? November 2000
  • Category. building
  • Town. Mountain town
  • When was it built? 1905
  • National Register reference number. 00001453 - 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Mountain School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Fireworks12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2008Natural4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2007Fireworksunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestHWY 32 LATE NIGHT
2 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestRIVERVIEW
2 August 1998Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestHAY BALE
11 August 2008Natural4.3 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCRAIGS
10 August 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mountain School: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Green Lake Diorite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elmer Hubbard Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hubbard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this property

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 20 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Tornado (EF2)Mountain2 hurt, $10,500,000The long-track tornado moved from Langlade Co. into Oconto Co. about 8 miles west of Mountain at 4:58 PM CDT. The tornado reached a width of three-quarters of a mile wide as it flattened over 7000 acres of trees in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (DI 27, DOD4). The tornado destroyed or heavily damaged 12 homes (DI 4, DOD 11), with 14 others sustaining damage of varying degrees. Nearly all of the damaged homes were either manufactured homes or vacation cottages. Two people sustained minor injuries as they sought shelter in a bedroom of their home. The tornado dissipated about 10 miles east-northeast of Lakewood, near the Marinette County line, at 5:18 PM CDT. The tornado was rated EF2 in Langlade Co., with estimated winds of 125 to 135 mph, and an average path length of 1000 yards.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMountain$300,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in and around Mountain.
July 2023HailMountain-Ping pong size hail fell near Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2022HailMountain-Ping pong size hail fell in Mountain.
May 2022HailMountain-Penny size hail fell in Crooked Lake.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2021HailMountain-Penny size hail fell near Mountain.
April 2021HailMountain-Quarter size hail fell near Mountain.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2019HailMountain-Quarter size hail fell just northwest of Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and overturned a trailer near Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2018HailMountain-Quarter size hail fell in Mountain.
July 2018HailMountain-Quarter size hail fell near Mountain.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted more than 50 trees west of Mountain on County Highway W.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Mountain.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted numerous trees near Crooked Lake.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large branches around Mountain.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Crooked Lake, northwest of Mountain.
May 2011HailMountain-Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail as they passed through Mountain. Time of the event was estimated.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Mountain.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMountain-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Mountain.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMountain-Trees and large branches down in the town of Mountain.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMountain-Strong winds from thunderstorms knocked down trees along Highway 64 near Mountain.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed
August 2005HailMountain-no account filed
September 2004HailMountain-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed
June 2000HailMountain-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMountain-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oconto County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Weber Lake Picnic Ground Shelter2.0 miles1996
Mountain Fire Lookout Tower2.4 miles2008
Chute Pond Dam3.9 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001453 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oconto CountyAll 23 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.