Colfax Municipal Building

Built in 1916 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Colfax Municipal Building is a historic building in Colfax, Wisconsin. The building was designed by Carl Volkman and constructed from 1915 to 1916 by the Wisconsin Construction Company.”
Wikipedia article Colfax Municipal Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Dunn County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1916, vernacular architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 613 Main St., Colfax, 54730
When was it listed? January 2004
Category. building
Village. Colfax village
When was it built? 1916
Architectural style. vernacular architecture
National Register reference number. 03001542 - 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

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Colfax Municipal Building between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
24 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20120
2 June 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19029
4 May 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19019
4 May 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19024
10 May 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19025
24 April 2018	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	18016

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Colfax Municipal Building: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Colfax Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Colfax Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Colfax Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hagberg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Red Cedar River Gravel Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Running Valley Creek Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this property

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colfax, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	A storm survey determined a downburst produced damage along a 4 mile long path, with a swath that broadened out to two miles wide. Winds were estimated at 75 to 85 mph. Many dozens of trees were toppled or broken. Part of a barn roof was blown off and another barn was shifted off its foundation. Two homes had some shingles blown off along with damaged fascia and gutters. A flagpole rated for 80 mph was snapped.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	A large tree was blown down in Colfax.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Colfax	-	Flood waters closed part of the road near the intersection of Highway 170 and County Road N.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Colfax	-	Significant flooding was observed across much of the northern half of Dunn County. Roads were washed out in Colfax Township, south of Colfax. More roads were washed out in Lucas Township. Several observers reported between three and six inches of rainfall overnight across the county.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Tree down across road.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Colfax	-	Funnel cloud occurred on the north side of Colfax. Bottom of funnel was estimated as being 500 feet off the ground.
June 2005	Funnel Cloud	Colfax	-	A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Tin was blown off a barn. A few trees were downed.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Numerous trees down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Trees down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	Shingles torn off roof. Few trees down. Estimated windspeed.
July 2023	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
September 2016	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Colfax	-	no account filed
September 1995	Hail	Colfax	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03001542 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dunn County	All 7 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.