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One of 20 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1936.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lake Nebagamon Auditorium
Built in 1936. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1st St., Lake Nebagamon, 54849
- When was it listed? September 1981
- Category. building
- Village. Lake Nebagamon village
- When was it built? 1936
- National Register reference number. 81000041 - 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
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Lake Nebagamon Auditorium between 1992 and 2017, burning about 19 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lake Nebagamon Auditorium: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinson Clay & Gravel Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stupac Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bellwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blueberry Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas County Farmers' Union Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Erickson-Harstad Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Nebagamon, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | $10,000 | Large pine trees were snapped and fell onto a garage and outbuilding causing damage. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Lake Nebagamon | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch diameter hail and winds that toppled trees and blew down power lines. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along a quarter mile stretch of Highway B in and south of Lake Nebagamon. A few trees over 1 foot in diameter were snapped. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | $500 | A 6-inch diameter tree was reported blown down, along with a few smaller trees. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | Multiple pine trees approximately 10 to 12 inches in diameter were snapped and uprooted near the Lake Nebagamon Cemetery. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | A 10 inch diameter poplar tree was blown down onto a power line. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | A 30 diameter poplar tree was downed, as well as a maple and oak tree of about 18 to 20 in diameter. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | Branches were flying through the air. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | A large tree was blown down. There was also 3/4 inch hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Nebagamon | - | no account filed |
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 81000041 in Record Group 79. |
| Douglas County | All 20 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.