New Richmond Roller Mills Co.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 34 National Register listings published here for St. Croix County · listed in 1988 · 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 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 201 Knowles Ave., N, New Richmond, 54017
When was it listed? May 1988
Category. building
Also known as. New Richmond MRA
City. New Richmond city
National Register reference number. 88000622 - 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

29 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of New Richmond Roller Mills Co. between 2012 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Debris and open burning	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	161
4 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	146
4 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	St. Croix Wetland Management District	FIREWORKS
5 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	114
27 June 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	112
24 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	130

Every fire recorded in St. Croix County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of New Richmond Roller Mills Co.: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hatfield Lake Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Rivard Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Apple River Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Apple River Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Apple River Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Apple River Sand Deposit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Apple River Sand Deposit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Apple River Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
County G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dale Swenson Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Croix County

Storms near this property

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	$35,000,000	A large swath of severe thunderstorm wind damage occurred from just west of New Richmond to the Glenwood City area, as determined by a National Weather Service damage survey. This swath of damage occurred within an approximately two to four mile width between these two cities. Numerous reports of damage were provided by the St. Croix County emergency manager, trained spotters, amateur radio operators and law enforcement. The New Richmond Airport AWOS also measured 60 knots at 2043 CST (two hangars were damaged). Some general reports include: 109 homes damaged or severely damaged, 48 barns damaged or severely damaged. In New Richmond, many 6 inch diameter or larger trees reported felled, and some light poles down throughout New Richmond; some roads were impassable due to downed trees; railroad crossing arms bent over at crossing. Some barns with significant damage reported on 140th Ave. (at residence numbers: 1703, 1793, 2540, 2578 and 2583). A roof torn off or other damages were reported on 160th St. (at residence numbers: 1593, 1769 and 1793), along with 1248 290th St. The back of a house was reported torn away at 2540 140th Ave., with another home damaged at 1506 County Road G. In Glenwood City, one to two foot diameter trees were reported down along with power lines. Two barns were reported destroyed near Emerald. A house was also rendered uninhabitable three miles east-southeast of New Richmond. One home at County G and GG was completely destroyed. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said damage county wide was significant,and that it had been 10 to 12 years since the county had seen such widespread damage. The Luckwaldt Dairy north of Woodville received heavy damage, including ripping aprt the canvas covering to the barn. One cow was also lost. Significant damage was also reported at the Emeral Dairy in Emerald. Near Emerald Dairy, along county Highway G, barns, homes and corn fields were flattened. Power lines and trees were also toppled. The entire village of Hammond and some outlying areas were without power for approximately 12 hours Tuesday morning. Significant damage to Xcel Energy's electrical grid was reported during the early morning storms. A total of 24 transmission poles were broken or damaged and needed to be replaced across the Western Wisconsin. At the peak of the storm about 20,000 customers in western Wisconsin lost power from both high winds and lightning strikes. As reported by the following newspapers: Baldwin Bulletin, Hudson Star-Observer, County Today, Central St. Croix News, and the Courier Wedge.
July 2021	Tornado (EF1)	New Richmond	$175,000	About one dozen homes were damaged, mostly due to some shingles, soffits or siding being torn off. One house, however, had windows blown in and had partial roof damage. It also had a garage that was completely blown apart and destroyed, but the garage had been added on and was not part of the original house itself. Another house had damage to its front porch overhang, which allowed wind to enter the attic and punch a hole through the roof on the backside of the house. At a farm, an old barn collapsed. At another house, part of the roof was blown off a machine shed.
August 2009	Lightning	New Richmond	$25,000	Lightning struck a 45' white pine which fell on a home, and damaged the roof.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	$1,000	A large tree branch fell and caused damage to a fence.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Multiple trees larger than 1 foot in diameter snapped or uprooted along 172nd Avenue in New Richmond.
June 2025	Hail	New Richmond	-	Several reports of hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter within the city of New Richmond along WI-65. The largest hail was reported near the intersection of East Richmond Way and 140th Street.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Metal bleachers at the New Richmond High School were blown into a fence. Several trees were also blown down. New Richmond Airport also measured a wind gust of 51 mph, and a home weather station near New Richmond measured a 57 mph wind gust.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Few trees down.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Few trees felled.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Several trees toppled over power lines.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Scattered trees and power lines down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Numerous trees were downed.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	An automated weather sensor recorded a wind gust of 58 MPH.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Ten foot wide section of two storage buildings blown into adjacent field. Tree blown over.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Scattered trees toppled.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	Tree and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
June 2025	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
September 2022	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	New Richmond	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Croix 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
William J. Bernd House	0.2 miles	1988
New Richmond News Building	0.2 miles	1988
New Richmond West Side Historic District	0.2 miles	1988
Soo Line Depot	0.2 miles	1988
New Richmond Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	2022
Joseph Mielke House	0.2 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88000622 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.