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One of 58 National Register listings published here for Sauk County · listed in 2020 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Freedom Mine
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. S5910 Cty. Rd. PF, Freedom, 53951
- When was it listed? June 2020
- Category. site
- Town. Freedom town
- National Register reference number. 100005266 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Freedom Mine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAPPY HILL WHEAT |
| 3 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOT WHEATIES |
| 20 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Freedom Mine: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Brothers Rock Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alfred Boyles Flagstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Bloss Stone Company Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Illinois Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904, 1916 | |
| Illinois Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Sauk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sauk Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Steam Locomotive #1385 | 2.3 miles | 2000 |
| Van Hise Rock | 4.2 miles | 1997 | |
 | Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery | 5.5 miles | 1990 |
 | Point of Rocks | 6.1 miles | 2010 |
 | Island Woolen Company Office Building | 7.6 miles | 2011 |
 | Manchester Street Bridge | 7.6 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005266 in Record Group 79. |
| Sauk County | All 58 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.