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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Emil and Flora Stoppenbach House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Stoppenbach, Emil and Flora, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 207 East Racine St., Jefferson, 53549
- When was it listed? November 2019
- Category. building
- City. Jefferson city
- National Register reference number. 100004596 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
12 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Emil and Flora Stoppenbach House between 2014 and 2020, burning about 256 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 137 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 96 |
| 10 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 94 |
| 30 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JEFFERSON MARSH PEAT FIRE |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 69 |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 253 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JEFFERSON MARSH 1 |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 56 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Emil and Flora Stoppenbach House: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strasburg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Aztalan Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Strasburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flood, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $159,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $75,000 | A twenty by twenty foot section of Jefferson High School's roof was torn off. In addition, many large trees and power lines were knocked down in and around the city of Jefferson. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $70,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Jefferson | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Jefferson | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $25,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled trees and resulted in damage to power-lines and cable-TV lines. Electrical customers were without power for several hours. Associated rain was described as going sideways in white sheets. Between Jeffeson and Helenville a couple roads were blocked with tree debris. About 2 inches of rain accompanied the storms. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Jefferson | $10,000 | The Rock River near Jefferson experienced moderate flooding, cresting at 12.31 feet, or 2.31 feet over the flood stage of 10 feet, at 658 AM CDT on April 20th. The river remained above flood stage into May. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $6,000 | Numerous trees and branches down in Jefferson. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $6,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $5,000 | Multiple trees down across Jefferson. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Jefferson | $5,000 | The Rock River at Jefferson reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 11 feet the morning of October 12th. Floodwaters affect low lying areas of residential and business property in Jefferson. Water approaches the intersection of Main St. and E. Dane St. The retention pond at this intersection is full. South Center Ave. near the river is flooded and Riverview Drive near the wastewater plant is flooded. Riverfront Park is flooded. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Jefferson | $5,000 | The Rock River at Jefferson reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 11.5 feet the late morning of March 16th. Floodwaters affect low lying areas of residential and business property in Jefferson. Water approaches the intersection of Main St. and E. Dane St. South Center Ave. near the river is flooded and E. Riverview Drive near the wastewater plant is flooded and closed. Flooding in Riverfront Park. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Jefferson | $5,000 | The Rock River at Jefferson reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 11.72 feet the afternoon of September 8th. Floodwaters affect some low lying residences and businesses in Jefferson. Shallow floodwaters at the intersection of Main St. and E. Dane St., and nearby S. Center Ave. Riverview Drive near the wastewater plant is flooded and closed. Floodwaters affect portions of Highway K between Jefferson and Fort Atkinson. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $5,000 | Trees down in Jefferson and east of Jefferson. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $4,000 | Sporadic tree damage including power lines down from Jefferson to Fort Atkinson. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $2,000 | Twelve inch diamter tree down. Other branches down in the area. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | A National Weather Service employee reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| June 2022 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Jefferson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jefferson Fire Station | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Main Street Commercial Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1998 |
 | Jefferson Public Library | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Schweiger Industries Plant III | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
 | Richard C. Smith House | 0.3 miles | 1979 |
| Jefferson High School | 0.4 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004596 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 52 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.