Built in 1858. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Pilot Island Light is a lighthouse located near Gills Rock, on Pilot Island at the east end of Death's Door passage, in Door County, Wisconsin.”
Wikipedia article Pilot Island Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 68 National Register listings published here for Door County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1858.
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 3 fires within 5 miles of Pilot Island Light between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 268 |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 172 |
| 21 November 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pilot Island Light: 1 producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gills Rock, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2010: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | - | Numerous trees were blown down and a 25 foot ham radio tower was blown over by thunderstorm winds just north of Ellison Bay. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | - | A squall line moved rapidly across the northeast quarter of Wisconsin during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Trees and large limbs were downed in the Rothschild (Marathon County), Clintonville (Waupaca County), Keshena (Menominee County), and Crivitz (Marinette County) areas. Some of these trees were 125 feet tall and three-feet in diameter. In addition, three large tree limbs went through the roof of a house in Rothschild. Trees, power lines and telephone lines were downed five miles west of Wausau (Marathon County), and in the Antigo (Langlade County), Hatley (Marathon County), Mountain (Oconto County), Caroline (Shawano County), Oshkosh (Winnebago County), Green Bay (Brown County), Sturgeon Bay (Door County), Gills Rock (Door County), and Algoma (Kewaunee County) areas. A toppled large tree fell on top of vehicles near Mattoon (Shawano County), and Stevens Point (Portage County), and crushed a shed in Shawano (Shawano County). Wind gusts to 60 mph in Green Bay (Brown County) caused a large wall section of a warehouse to collapse. In addition, two tractor-semitrailers were blown off the road near Sturgeon Bay (Door County). |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gills Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Gills Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum island Life-Saving and Light Station | 2.5 miles | 2010 | |
 | Plum Island Range Rear Light | 2.5 miles | 1984 |
| GRAPE SHOT (schooner) Shipwreck | 2.6 miles | 2016 | |
 | Clearing, The | 7.6 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83004279 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Door County | All 68 listed properties in this county. |
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