BlockFrom the record
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Waupaca County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Philip H. Kasper Cheese Factory
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Kasper, Philip H., Cheese Factory - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. W of Bear Creek on WI 22, Bear Creek, 54922
- When was it listed? August 1976
- Category. building
- Town. Union town
- National Register reference number. 76000081 - 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.
Fires near this property
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Philip H. Kasper Cheese Factory between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | REPEAT FIRE |
| 21 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FOUR QUARTER CORNERS |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SHADY LANE |
| 30 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE CREEK SOUTH |
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 76000081 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.