Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“SS Milwaukee was a train ferry that served on Lake Michigan. It was launched in 1902 and sank with all hands off Milwaukee on October 22, 1929.”
Wikipedia article SS Milwaukee (1902), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 300 National Register listings published here for Milwaukee County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of MILWAUKEE (steam screw) Shipwreck between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1804468 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1804397 |
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803693 |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002359 |
| 14 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002267 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox Point, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox Point | $5,000 | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mary L. Nohl Art Environment | 3.2 miles | 2005 |
 | APPOMATTOX (Shipwreck) | 3.4 miles | 2005 |
| APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) (Boundary Increase II and Additional Documentation) | 3.4 miles | 2015 | |
 | Albert and Edith Adelman House | 3.4 miles | 2005 |
 | APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) Boundary Increase | 3.5 miles | 2011 |
 | Herman Uihlein House | 3.5 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000479 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Milwaukee County | All 300 listed properties in this county. |
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