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One of 12 National Register listings published here for Price County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Prentice Boy Scout Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1600 blk. of Washington St., Prentice, 54556
- When was it listed? November 2017
- Category. building
- Village. Prentice village
- National Register reference number. 100001857 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Prentice Boy Scout Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY A |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Prentice Boy Scout Cabin: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice East Prospect | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Douglas Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
39 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prentice, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 26 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Prentice | $1,000 | A weak tornado tracked for just over a mile around U.S. Highway 8 to the west of Prentice. The damage was primarily to trees, with a few 6-12 inch diameter pine trees snapped and blown in a convergent damage pattern. A metal barn also had some minor damage, mainly to eaves and siding. [DI 1 (SBO), DOD 1, EXP-UB, Est Gust 70 mph]. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Small branches and leaves were stripped off trees. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Prentice | - | Hailstones up to the size of quarters covered the ground in less than 2 minutes. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Multiple trees were blown down. The largest trees were 8 to 10 inches in diameter. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Several trees were blown down along a half mile stretch of US Highway 8. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | An 8 diameter pine tree fell on a power line. Power outages were reported in the Prentice area. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Prentice | - | There was also very heavy rain and strong winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | The wind blew down two 10-inch diameter trees across Highway 8. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Prentice | - | Strong winds were also reported in addition to the hail. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Trees 5 to 6 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | A 32 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Prentice | - | The hail ranged in size from 1 to 1 3/4 inches. The hail covered the ground. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. A semi-trailer was overturned. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Prentice | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prentice | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Prentice Co-operative Creamery Company | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001857 in Record Group 79. |
| Price County | All 12 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.