BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Messer-Mayer Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- Listed as. Messer--Mayer Mill - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 4399 Pleasant Hill Rd., Richfield, 53076
- When was it listed? May 2007
- Category. building
- Village. Richfield village
- National Register reference number. 07000500 - 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 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Messer-Mayer Mill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801183 |
| 19 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801111 |
| 20 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20259 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 257 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18200 |
| 29 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800799 |
| 25 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20223 |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Messer-Mayer Mill: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hubertos Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Johann Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Merget Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rugby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schulties Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Lightning | Richfield | $30,000 | Lightning struck a home's chimney and started a fire in the attic and roof area. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Richfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A storm chaser reported a large road sign was blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph (52 knots). |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | Hail up to nickel-size and winds gusting to 60 mph were noted from widely scattered severe thunderstorms across southern Wisconsin. A tornado formed from a severe thunderstorm and tracked eight miles across Barron county from three miles northwest of Almena to three miles east of Cumberland. Several farm buildings, two homes, one mobile home and a church received various amounts of damage. Numerous trees and power lines were toppled by the tornado. The severe thunderstorm also caused tree and power line damage as well as minor property damage in Cumberland. In St. Croix Falls (Polk County) nearly four inches of rain fell in two hours flooding a motel and triggering mud slides which closed Highway 8 for 10 hours. A home in Richfield (Washington County) burned after being struck by lightning. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Richfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Holy Hill | 3.8 miles | 1992 |
 | Christ Evangelical Church | 5.2 miles | 1983 |
| Kissel's Wheelock Addition Historic District | 6.8 miles | 1988 | |
 | Schwartz Ballroom | 6.9 miles | 1998 |
 | Louis Kissel House | 7.0 miles | 1988 |
 | Otto P. Kissel House | 7.0 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000500 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 30 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.