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One of 238 National Register listings published here for Dane County · listed in 2003 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Tompkins--Brindler Mound Group - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Monona Dr., Monona, 53716
- When was it listed? October 2003
- Category. site
- Also known as. Late Woodland Stage in Archeological Region 8 MPS
- City. Monona city
- National Register reference number. 03001023 - 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
37 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 256 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1824118 |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2021851 |
| 9 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 242 |
| 3 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1919678 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1818632 |
| 29 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020209 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019797 |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fess Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| John Hensen Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Engelhart Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kampmeier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Milwaukee Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yanggen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monona, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Hail | Monona | $5,550,000 | Hail size ranged from 1.50 to 3.00 inches in diameter. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Monona | $5,550,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Monona | $1,600,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $40,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines. One home had its living room and bedroom windows and wall damaged by a toppled large tree. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power poles down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $15,000 | Hurricane force wind gusts to 71 knots (82 mph) produced tree and power line damage 4.0 miles northeast of Monona. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $7,000 | Several trees down including one tree on a house. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Monona | $2,000 | Localized flash flooding of streets on the east side of Madison and north to Warner Park. |
| March 2011 | Dust Devil | Monona | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Monona | - | Public report of 1.5 inch diameter hail east of Maple Bluff. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Monona | - | Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Monona | - | Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail north of Monona. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Monona | - | Trained spotter reports 2.75 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona. |
| August 2013 | Dust Devil | Monona | - | A dust devil moved from land to the Lake Monona shoreline and tipped over a Pontoon boat and the hoist that it was sitting on. Pier damage also occurred. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | Trees down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | Multiple trees down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| November 2022 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Monona | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Outlet Mound | 0.6 miles | 2003 |
| Ray S. and Theo P. Owen House | 0.7 miles | 2022 | |
| Willard and Fern Tompkins House | 0.7 miles | 2023 | |
 | Nathaniel W. Dean House | 0.9 miles | 1980 |
| Schroeder-Bohrod House | 1.3 miles | 2023 | |
| Kohl's Food Store | 1.4 miles | 2022 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001023 in Record Group 79. |
| Dane County | All 238 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.