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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Waupaca County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1852.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Halfway House
Built in 1852. 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. Potts Ave., King, 54981
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Town. Dayton town
- When was it built? 1852
- National Register reference number. 82000728 - 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
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Halfway House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 590 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHRISTIE |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BURNING BEE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | $10,000 | The public reported trees and powerlines down in the town of King, or just southwest of the city of Waupaca. A few trees fell on homes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage west of Waupaca, around King, downing trees and power lines, and tearing shingles from roofs. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | King | $500 | The combination of heavy rain that fell overnight and additional heavy rainfall from thunderstorms produced saturated soil. Wind gusts from the storms, estimated at 50 mph, uprooted two trees near Waupaca, one of which landed on a house. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a few trees southwest of Waupaca. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted or heavily damaged 10 trees on Onaway Island on the Chain O' Lakes. |
| August 2015 | Hail | King | - | A thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail and produced wind gusts to 50 mph as it passed through King. |
| June 2012 | Hail | King | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail at King. |
| July 2008 | Hail | King | - | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural on the Crystal Historic District | under 500 feet | 1989 | |
| Old Hospital | 1.7 miles | 1985 | |
 | Veterans Home Chapel | 1.8 miles | 1985 |
 | Commandant's Residence Home | 1.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Veterans Cottages Historic District | 1.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Henry and Elizabeth Delong House | 4.5 miles | 2002 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82000728 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.
- 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.