Rock Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Manitowoc County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off U.S. 141, Maribel, 54227
When was it listed? June 1982
Category. building
Town. Cooperstown town
National Register reference number. 82000680 - 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

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rock Mill between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	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
29 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	13
19 May 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	24
1 May 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	21
29 April 2018	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20
26 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	18
19 November 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	39
1 November 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	37

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rock Mill: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Denmark Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fels Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Zeman Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Manitowoc County

Storms near this property

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maribel, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Maribel	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Maribel. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2021	Hail	Maribel	-	Half dollar size hail fell in Maribel. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Maribel	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and power pole in Maribel. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Maribel	-	A semi-trailer was blown over on Interstate 43, north of County Road Z. This report was relayed by television station WLUK.
July 2012	Hail	Maribel	-	Large hail, at least 2 inches in diameter, fell in Maribel.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Maribel	-	Trees and power lines were knocked down by severe thunderstorm winds in the town of Maribel.
June 1998	Hail	Maribel	-	no account filed
August 1996	Funnel Cloud	Maribel	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Manitowoc County

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 82000680 in Record Group 79.
Manitowoc County	All 38 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.