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One of 34 National Register listings published here for St. Croix County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Louis C. and Augusta Kriesel Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 8 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Kriesel, Louis C. and Augusta, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 132 State Trunk Hwy 35/64, St. Joseph, 54082
- When was it listed? February 2009
- Category. building
- Town. St. Joseph town
- National Register reference number. 09000021 - 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
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Louis C. and Augusta Kriesel Farmstead between 2000 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | HECKOFADAY |
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19148 |
| 8 May 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 46 |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saint Croix National Scenic River | FOSTERS 1 |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Louis C. and Augusta Kriesel Farmstead: 12 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moelter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Moelter Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bright Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Houlton Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Houlton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Hudson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Hudson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pete Miller Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pete Miller Pit and Mill No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St. Croix River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Nicholas and Hermina Thelen House | 0.7 miles | 2009 | |
 | St. Paul Chicago Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Car Shop Historic District | 4.9 miles | 1984 |
 | August Johnson House | 5.8 miles | 1984 |
 | John S. Moffat House | 5.9 miles | 1974 |
 | William H. Phipps House | 5.9 miles | 1987 |
 | William Dwelley House | 5.9 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000021 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Croix County | All 34 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.