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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Spring Creek School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. N5311 Moss Hill Road, Town of Albion, 54615
- When was it listed? September 2024
- Category. building
- Town. Albion town
- National Register reference number. 100010817 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Spring Creek School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
| 12 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Spring Creek School: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Black River Falls Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| Tilden Mound Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1839, 1856, 1892 | |
| Tilden Mound Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1839, 1856 |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Black River Falls Public Library | 3.0 miles | 2007 |
| Black River Falls Commercial Historic District | 3.1 miles | 2021 | |
 | Union High School | 3.1 miles | 1978 |
| Franklin E. and Eva E. Keefe House | 3.2 miles | 2023 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010817 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.