BlockFrom the record
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Central State Hospital Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. Lincoln St. between Beaver Dam and Mason Sts., Waupun, 53963
- When was it listed? September 1991
- Category. district
- City. Waupun city
- National Register reference number. 91001395 - 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
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Central State Hospital Historic District between 1994 and 2018, burning about 2,027 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | F180990 |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PEACHY NORTH WF |
| 23 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | NEITZEL WF |
| 22 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PEACHY RD. WF |
| 12 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PAUTSCH WF |
| 28 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | MOWER WF |
| 8 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | ZELLMER WF |
| 19 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | TENPASS WF |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Central State Hospital Historic District: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Linck Waupun Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waupun Ready Mix Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wegenke Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wisconsin State Prison Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Martin K. Dahl House | 0.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Waupun Public Library | 0.7 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001395 in Record Group 79. |
| Dodge County | All 36 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.