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Ray S. and Theo P. Owen House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

From the record

One of 238 National Register listings published here for Dane County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Owen, Ray S. and Theo P., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 5805 Winnequah Rd., Monona, 53716
  • When was it listed? October 2022
  • Category. building
  • City. Monona city
  • National Register reference number. 100008108 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

39 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Ray S. and Theo P. Owen House between 2007 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources256
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1824118
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
9 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources242
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1818632
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020209
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019797

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ray S. and Theo P. Owen House: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fess QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engelhart Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Norway Grove Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yanggen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this property

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monona, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 dust devil. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006HailMonona$5,550,000Hail size ranged from 1.50 to 3.00 inches in diameter.
April 2006HailMonona$5,550,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodMonona$1,600,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMonona$40,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines. One home had its living room and bedroom windows and wall damaged by a toppled large tree.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMonona$20,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMonona$15,000Numerous trees and power poles down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona$15,000Hurricane force wind gusts to 71 knots (82 mph) produced tree and power line damage 4.0 miles northeast of Monona.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMonona$7,000Several trees down including one tree on a house.
July 2024Flash FloodMonona$2,000Localized flash flooding of streets on the east side of Madison and north to Warner Park.
March 2011Dust DevilMonona$500no account filed
April 2026HailMonona-Public report of 1.5 inch diameter hail east of Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail north of Monona.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2.75 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona.
August 2013Dust DevilMonona-A dust devil moved from land to the Lake Monona shoreline and tipped over a Pontoon boat and the hoist that it was sitting on. Pier damage also occurred.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-Trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-Multiple trees down.
May 2025HailMonona-no account filed
November 2022HailMonona-no account filed
July 2022HailMonona-no account filed
September 2022HailMonona-no account filed
April 2011HailMonona-no account filed
May 2011HailMonona-no account filed
June 2011HailMonona-no account filed
March 2007HailMonona-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-no account filed
April 2002HailMonona-no account filed
October 1996HailMonona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane County

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 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Outlet Mound0.2 miles2003
Willard and Fern Tompkins House0.3 miles2023
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group0.7 miles2003
Schroeder-Bohrod House0.9 miles2023
Nathaniel W. Dean House1.1 miles1980
Kohl's Food Store1.5 miles2022

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100008108 in Record Group 79.
Dane CountyAll 238 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.