BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Lafayette County · listed in 2011 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pecatonica Battlefield
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- Address. 2995 Cty. Rd. Y,, Wiota, 53504
- When was it listed? July 2011
- Category. site
- Town. Wiota town
- National Register reference number. 11000488 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
The ground it stands on
1,653 wordsThe chapter on Wiota Town in History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages ... Its War Record, Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution, and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 names Wiota. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
HIRAH N. perry, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Wiota ; he was born Jan. 3, 1840, in Adams Co., 111.; came to Wisconsin in 1855; lived in town of Gratiot, twenty-one years; he now lives in Wiota Township. His wife, Mary Grabham, was born in i]no;land, in 18-48 ; they were married in 1870, and have had three children - Maudie, Willie and Dellie. When the war broke out he enlisted in the 96th 111. V. I., Aug. 15, 1862, and was discharged in September, 1863. Has been a member of the Town Board two years, and School Clerk two years. He now owns 120 acres of land. In politics, he is a Republican, and in religion a United Brethren.
LEWIS C. ROBERTSOir, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Wiota; he was born in Fentress Co., Tenn., Feb. 24, 1826 ; came to Wisconsin in 1836; settled in La Fayette Co.; came to town of Wiota in 1845. His wife was born in Geauga Co., Ohio, May 1, 1832 ; they were married in 1849, and have had one child - Amelia Caroline, now Mrs. Blunt, living in town of Wiota. He has held the office of County Constable four years. He enlisted in the 5th W. V. I., at Monticello, La Fayette Co., as Sergeant, on Aug. 30, 1864; was discharged April 8, 1865. He now owns 60 acres of land. In poUtics, he is a Republican, and in religion a believer.
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 Wiota Town - 1,653 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pecatonica Battlefield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018018 |
| 24 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020002 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019004 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018013 |
| 23 March 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018012 |
| 17 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020001 |
| 6 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020015 |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pecatonica Battlefield: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Scott Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Apple Bran | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Apple Bran | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Argyle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Berg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G.A. Watson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Niffenegger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shager Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiota, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiota | $25,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Wiota | $5,000 | Highway 78 closed from Wiota to Gratiot due to flooding from the Pecatonica River and creeks. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Theatre | 2.8 miles | 1980 |
| Welty, Daniel and Catherine Barn | 5.9 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000488 in Record Group 79. |
| Lafayette County | All 13 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.