Built in 1896 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
From the record
“The Richard W. and Margaret Mills House is located in Lodi, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”
Wikipedia article Richard W. and Margaret Mills House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 55 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1896, Queen Anne style.
National Register reference number.09000048- 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
124 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Richard W. and Margaret Mills House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
55
Equipment and vehicle use
28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
19
Recreation and ceremony
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Other causes
3
Smoking
3
Arson/incendiarism
2
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Natural
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Richard W. and Margaret Mills House: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Lodi, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 4 hail, 1 tornado.
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.
The Columbia County Emergency Manager reported gravel shoulder wash-outs on several roads and one to two feet of water on low-lying roads from heavy rains as strong to severe thunderstorms crossed the region. Minor crop damage was also noted.
Spring Creek at Lodi reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 7.3 feet the morning of October 2nd. Floodwaters affect Goeres Park including the pool, and Habermann Park including the baseball diamond. Floodwaters approach the Public Works garage.
Spring Creek in Lodi reached major flood stage, cresting at 7.90 ft. There was widespread flooding in Goeres Park and Habermann Park, including the baseball diamond.
Spring Creek at Lodi reached major flood stage, cresting around 7.6 feet the morning of October 23rd. Floodwaters affect Goeres Park including the pool, and water approaches the Public Works garage, and Habermann park including the baseball diamond.
A brief tornado spun up and dissipated at 1710CST about 4.5 miles north-northeast of Lodi, or about 1 mile south of the intersection of CTH CS and Smith Rd., just west of Smith Rd. Only minor vegetative damage was noted by a severe weather spotter in the area at the time. This tornado was rated as F0 with estimated wind speeds of 35-63 knots (40-72 mph).
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 miles
Other 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.
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.
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