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One of 58 National Register listings published here for Sauk County · listed in 2016 · category: Site · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Man Mound
A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Man Mound Road, Town of Greenfield, 53913
- When was it listed? 2016-10-31
- Category. site
- Town. Greenfield town
- National Register reference number. 16000861 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Man Mound between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY ROAD U FIRE |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GALL FENCED-IN BARREL |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Man Mound: 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraboo Operation | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Achterberg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baraboo Quartzite Company, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goerks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Halsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Halsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man Mound | 0.1 miles | 1978 | |
| Simonds 10-Sided Barn | 1.4 miles | 2020 | |
 | A.G. Tuttle Estate | 3.1 miles | 1980 |
| Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence | 3.6 miles | 1996 | |
| Charles Ringling House | 3.6 miles | 1997 | |
 | Seven Gables | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000861 in Record Group 79. |
| Sauk County | All 58 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.