A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
From the record
“Fountain Lake Farm, also known as the Wisconsin Farm Home of John Muir, is a historic farm and National Historic Landmark in rural Montello, Wisconsin, United States. The landmark covers part of the farm that was the home of pioneering conservationist John Muir from 1849 to 1856 and 1860 to 1862.”
Wikipedia article Fountain Lake Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Marquette County · listed in 1990 · category: Site · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.90000471- 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
188 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Fountain Lake Farm
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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
68
Equipment and vehicle use
53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
26
Arson/incendiarism
17
Natural
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Recreation and ceremony
4
Fireworks
2
Other causes
2
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Smoking
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Fountain Lake Farm: 1 past producer.
None of them still produces. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Montello, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 18 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood, 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.
The Montello River flooded portions of Montello as it flowed out of Lake Montello. Major flooding occurred and the Main St. bridge was closed due to the high water of the river impacting the bridge. Approximately, 150 homes and businesses were flooded. Much of the flooding occurred on or near Montello St., Island Dr., Park St., Main St., and portions of Cass St. The major flooding continued into September.
A trained spotter reported many trees and power lines downed by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated up to 75 mph (65 knots) in Montello. Metal shingles were torn off of a barn roof.
The Montello River flooded portions of Montello as it flowed out of Lake Montello. Major flooding occurred and the Main St. bridge was closed due to the high water of the river impacting the bridge. Approximately, 150 homes and businesses were flooded. Much of the flooding occurred on or near Montello St., Island Dr., Park St., Main St., and portions of Cass St. The first week of school was delayed due to the transportation limitations.
This Marquette County tornado segment was the 3rd of a 3-segment tornado that initially started in Marquette County at 1815 CST and then crossed Green Lake County and re-entered Marquette County. It re-entered just southwest of the intersection of CTH C and 20th Ct. and moved northeast. Several trees had broken branches or were partially uprooted. It ended near Fern Dr. and 22nd Ln at 1824 CST. The average path width in this 3rd segment was estimated at 30 yards. The damage indicator used to rate this segment was: DI 27 (TH), DOD 3, 75-80 mph. Refer to the associated Green Lake County and Marquette County segments for other details.
Hail up to 1 inch in diameter covered the ground white near the intersection of State Highway 22 and Grouse Avenue near Montello. Gusty winds also brought down small tree branches.
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
4 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.
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.
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