BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Richland County · listed in 2006 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bloyer Mound Group
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The listing
- Address. WI 60, 1500 ft. SW of Cty Hwy 00, Orion, 53573
- When was it listed? September 2006
- Category. site
- Also known as. Late Woodland Stage in Archeological Region 8 MPS
- Town. Orion town
- National Register reference number. 06000873 - 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
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Bloyer Mound Group between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JACUZZI FIRE |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUFFALO FIRE |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 600 BLOCK FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bloyer Mound Group: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hogskin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| J Johnson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Mankey Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this property
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orion, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Orion | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orion | $2,000 | Trees were blown down west of Gotham near the Grant County line. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Orion | $1,000 | A minor mudslide occurred in the southern part of Richland County at the intersection of State Highways 80 and 193. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orion | $1,000 | A couple of trees and several branches were blown down southwest of Sextonville. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Orion | - | Runoff from heavy rain overwhelmed culverts and drainage ditches sending water over roads northeast of Eagle Corners. Along State Highway 60 east of the Eagle Corners boat landing, water and small rocks were flowing over the road. |
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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry Fiedler House | 0.8 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000873 in Record Group 79. |
| Richland County | All 9 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.