BlockFrom the record
One of 34 National Register listings published here for St. Croix County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lewis Farmhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Farm Dr., Boardman, 54017
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Town. St. Joseph town
- National Register reference number. 82000709 - 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
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lewis Farmhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 275 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20181 |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20194 |
| 27 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190057 |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 acres | St. Croix Wetland Management District | GAME UNLIMITED |
| 27 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 77 |
| 26 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20105 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lewis Farmhouse: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivard Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bright Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mc Cutcheon Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Richmond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steneman Concrete Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tenmile Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boardman, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Lightning | Boardman | 2 hurt | Two individuals were struck by lightning as they were playing outside. Both sustained burns to their chest and backs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | $5,000 | A small shed was destroyed, a few shingles were blown off a roof near Boardman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marcus Sears Bell Farm | 6.3 miles | 1988 |
 | Erick J. Thompson House | 6.6 miles | 1988 |
 | Joseph Mielke House | 6.6 miles | 1988 |
 | Dr. Frank W. Epley Office | 6.7 miles | 1988 |
| New Richmond Commercial Historic District | 6.8 miles | 2022 | |
 | New Richmond News Building | 6.8 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82000709 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Croix County | All 34 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.