Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
From the record
“Point of Rocks is a geologically significant outcropping located along U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in the Town of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, southwest of the city of Baraboo.”
Wikipedia article Point of Rocks (Baraboo, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 58 National Register listings published here for Sauk County · listed in 2010 · category: Site.
National Register reference number.10000345- 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
145 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Point of Rocks
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning
50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
29
Railroad operations and maintenance
16
Equipment and vehicle use
13
Smoking
9
Recreation and ceremony
6
Misuse of fire by a minor
6
Arson/incendiarism
5
Natural
4
Fireworks
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Other causes
2
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
8 workings within 5 miles of Point of Rocks: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Silica, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Baraboo, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 heavy rain.
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.
Numerous roads were closed over southern Sauk County due to flash flooding of small creeks and streams. Estimated rainfall amounts ranged from 4-7 inches. Some of the known creeks that flooded were Otter Creek, Honey Creek, North Branch of Honey Creek, and Pine Creek. There was one bridge washout at the north end of Stones Pocket Road due to the flooding of Otter Creek. This will cost approximately $150,000 to replace.
Sauk County 911 Call Center personnel reported trees and power lines were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph) along a path from 5 miles southeast of Baraboo to Merrimac.
Heavy rainfall of 2 to 2.25 inches in approximately one hour resulted in urban flooding in Baraboo and West Baraboo. The flooding problems were more focused in West Baraboo within construction zones that had temporary culverts in place. Some street closures were needed in these areas, which included South Boulevard near the Army National Guard, Casey's General Store, and at the roundabout near Campbell Park. Knee deep water and a few stalled cars were reported. There was some flooding in the restaurants of Culver's, Taco Bell, and resident basements.
The Baraboo River near Baraboo reached minor flood stage, cresting at 19.74 ft. Floodwaters affect a trailer rental business and a road wayside park about 5 miles downstream near the Highway 33 bridge. Floodwaters also affect an auto auction business on highway 33 just east of I-94. Widespread flooding of agricultural land near the river is occurring.
Sauk County experienced 4 flash flood events over a 3-day period. Two of the events started on June 7th, one on June 8th, and the last one on June 9th. In each case, flash flooding caused home and business damage as well as crop losses. Roads were blocked or washed out (STH 154 and CTH C), and bridges were damaged. Many vehicles stalled. Locations in the Baraboo River Valley sustained considerable damage as the river crested at all-time levels. Collectively, each of these 4 flash floods resulted in home and business damage along with some crop losses. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown is provided in the June 9th StormData entry for Sauk County.
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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