BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Franklin E. and Eva E. Keefe House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Keefe, Franklin E. and Eva E., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 221 North 3rd St., Black River Falls, 54615
- When was it listed? February 2023
- Category. building
- City. Black River Falls city
- National Register reference number. 100008607 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Franklin E. and Eva E. Keefe House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ALLEN CREEK |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KROME RD. II FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Franklin E. and Eva E. Keefe House: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black River Falls Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| Jackson County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tilden Mound Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1839, 1856, 1892 | |
| Tilden Mound Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1839, 1856 |
Storms near this property
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black River Falls, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Black River Falls | $5,000 | A mudslide occurred along County Road P near Petes Road. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Black River Falls | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $800 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $750 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $750 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Black River Falls | $750 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | $250 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | A National Weather Service employee reported a 12 inch diameter tree uprooted. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | An automated weather observation station recorded a 67 mph wind gust along Interstate 94 near Black River Falls. |
| March 2016 | Heavy Rain | Black River Falls | - | A total of 1.83 inches of rain fell near Black River Falls. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Black River Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black River Falls | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union High School | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | Black River Falls Public Library | 0.2 miles | 2007 |
| Black River Falls Commercial Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2021 | |
| Spring Creek School | 3.2 miles | 2024 | |
 | Black Hawk Powwow Grounds | 6.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008607 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 7 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.