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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Waupaca County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
William H. Hatten Recreation Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- Address. 801 Werner-Allen Road, New London, 54961
- When was it listed? August 2024
- Category. district
- City. New London city
- National Register reference number. 100010639 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
826 wordsThe chapter on New London City in History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 names New London. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The City of New London is located on Sections 1, 12, and 13, of the Town of Mukwa, and also on a contiguous portion of Outagamie County. Like many Western towns, its growth from an insignificant hamlet to an important city has been truly phenomenal ; and we can not think that New London has seen its best days. Its natural and acquired advantages, its capital, its push, all will combine to save it from the fate of so many mushroom prodigies of the West.
Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.
New London has 36 stores, 3 saw mills, 1 excelsior mill, 1 furniture factory, 1 planing mill, 1 grist mill, 2 breweries, 1 bottling works, 4 wagon works, 1 bee-hive factory, 1 grain elevator, 1 haypressing establishment, 1 bank, 5 hotels, 6 churches, a good high school and ward and parochial schools, and 1 nev>rspaper.
Passage source: History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on New London City - 826 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
83 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of William H. Hatten Recreation Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MERGER FIRE |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POPPYS ROCK |
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 54 DITCHLINE |
| 11 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 54 DITCHLINE TWO |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of William H. Hatten Recreation Park: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Turney Hill Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Givens Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mary Lemke Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy Construction Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New London Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Lathrop Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| R Lathrop Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sasse Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Turney Hill Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
36 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New London, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 | New London | 1 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | New London | $1,000,000 | Another fast-moving tornado formed within a line of severe thunderstorms and raced to the southeast. The tornado struck a church, causing severe damage (DI 9, DOD 6 and 7). A large portion of the roof collapsed, causing failure of two walls. A wall on a new portion of the church was pushed in. In addition, hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Several homes along the path sustained damage, mainly from fallen trees. The tornado exited Waupaca County about one mile south of New London at about 12:25 am CDT. The average path width in Waupaca County was 100 yards. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | New London | $100,000 | A tornado formed at 11:09 AM CDT and damaged a few trees before entering Outagamie County at 11:10 AM CDT about 1.4 miles south of New London. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed more than 1,000 trees throughout New London. A 28 foot trailer was blown onto its side and a section of the roof of the Sara Lee plant was damaged. At least 2 homes sustained damage from fallen trees. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | New London | $7,500 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | New London | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flood | New London | - | Widespread low-land flooding occurred in Waupaca County, resulting in considerable flood damage along the Wolf River from New London to Fremont to 97 homes. Evacuations occurred in the town of New London for multiple days. Power and gas was shutoff as flood waters impacted many homes and businesses. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large pine tree near New London. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| April 2022 | Hail | New London | - | Quarter size hail fell in New London. |
| September 2021 | Hail | New London | - | Quarter size hail fell near New London. |
| September 2021 | Hail | New London | - | Penny size hail fell in New London. |
| September 2021 | Hail | New London | - | Golf ball size hail fell in New London. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in New London. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph was measured in New London. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped 5 large pine trees in New London. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | New London | - | Heavy rain caused minor street flooding at some intersections in New London. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs throughout New London. |
| June 2013 | Hail | New London | - | Nickle size hail fell at New London. |
| July 2012 | Hail | New London | - | Walnut size hail fell at New London. |
| July 2012 | Hail | New London | - | Hail up to quarter size fell at New London. |
| September 2012 | Hail | New London | - | Penny size hail fell in New London. |
| July 2012 | Hail | New London | - | Nickel size hail fell north of New London. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm winds produced a measured 60 mph gust at New London. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 80 mph downed numerous trees and power lines, making State Highway 54 from Northport to New London nearly impassible. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | A spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph at New London. |
| March 2008 | Heavy Rain | New London | - | Heavy rain fell across most of Waupaca County. The highest precipitation totals were 1.30 inches on the west side of New London and 1.27 inches at Weyauwega. |
| May 2006 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | New London | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flood | New London | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New London | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | New London | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | New London | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010639 in Record Group 79. |
| Waupaca County | All 25 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.