Built in 1862 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The Old Plover Methodist Church is located in Plover, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Old Plover Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Portage County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1862, Greek Revival architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Old Plover Methodist Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 69 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STOCKTON RR #1 |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plover, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 29 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 4 heavy rain. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | $10,000 | A thunderstorm, with wind gusts to 61 mph, downed trees onto homes and knocked out power to several neighborhoods. The storm also dropped 1.92 inches of rain in less than 45 minutes. |
| September 2016 | Lightning | Plover | $10,000 | Lightning stuck a communications tower used by Portage County law enforcement. The time of this event is estimated. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Plover | - | Quarter size hail fell in Plover. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Plover | - | Penny size hail fell in Plover. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Plover | - | Half dollar size hail fell in Plover. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Plover | - | Quarter size hail fell in Plover. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Plover | - | Quarter size hail fell near Plover. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Plover | - | Half Dollar size hail fell in Plover. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Plover | - | Penny size hail fell in Plover. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees south of the Stevens Point and Plover area. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Plover. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured at the Plover COOP station. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 86 mph was measured in Plover. Winds from the storm knocked the doors out of a Menards store. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Plover | - | Half dollar size hail fell in Plover. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Plover | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Plover. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Plover | - | A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail as it passed through Plover. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A thunderstorm wind gust to 74 mph was measured as the storms moved south of Plover. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Plover | - | Nickel size hail fell in Plover. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at Plover. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Plover | - | Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail and produced a wind gust to 51 mph as they passed through the Plover area. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Plover | - | A thunderstorm dropped half dollar size hail as it passed through the Plover area. A wind gust to 41 mph was measured with the storm and it also produced 0.10 inch of rain in just 5 minutes. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Plover | - | Several rounds of heavy rain moved across Portage County. More than three inches of rain fell near Plover (3.18 inches), and at Stevens Point (3.01 inches). |
| June 2014 | Hail | Plover | - | Thunderstorms produced a prolonged period of large hail, from quarter size to a little larger than half dollar size (measured 1.3 inches), in Plover. A wind gust of 47 mph, and 1.84 inches of rain in 1 hour were also measured with these storms. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Plover | - | A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Plover. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Plover | - | Another thunderstorm that moved through Plover dropped quarter size hail and produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Plover | - | Thunderstorms produced 2.72 inches of rain in Plover in less than 90 minutes, including 0.62 inch in the first 10 minutes. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed six small trees and knocked out power in Plover. The storms also produced pea size hail. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Plover. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph in Plover. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Several trees were reported down in Plover by local law enforcement. The time of the event was estimated. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Plover | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail at Plover. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Plover | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail and a measured wind gust of 45 mph in Plover. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Plover | - | Quarter size hail fell in Plover, covering the ground. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Plover | - | Thunderstorms produced hail up to three inches in diameter in Plover. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Plover | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in standing water in fields near Plover. Almost 2 inches of rain (1.93 inches) fell there in 55 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds caused damage as the storm moved through the Plover area. It downed a light pole at the intersection of Hover Street and CR-B and a large tree limb on the south end of town. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Plover | - | Thunderstorms that produced wind damage in Plover also dropped 1.22 inches of rain in just 20 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A trained spotter reported that a few trees were blown down in Plover. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A 70 mph wind gust was recorded in Plover. The strong wind knocked over several trees in the area. There was also a brief period of pea-sized hail. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A trained spotter, using a hand held anemometer, estimated a wind gust of 64 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorms downed trees in the Plover area. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | A storm spotter estimated thunderstorm winds of at least 60 mph northeast of Plover. Trees were uprooted in the area. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 60 mph, downed trees and caused power outages on the east side of Plover. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Plover | - | Quarter size hail fell in Plover. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Plover | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Plover | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J. H. Morgan House | 0.6 miles | 1974 |
 | David McMillan House | 4.6 miles | 1974 |
 | Clark Street-Main Street Historic District | 4.7 miles | 2021 |
 | J. L. Jensen House | 4.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Temple Beth Israel | 4.9 miles | 2007 |
 | Stevens Point State Normal School | 4.9 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000393 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Portage County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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