BlockFrom the record
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Oneida County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Tomahawk Lake Camp Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- Address. 8500 Raven Rd., Lake Tomahawk, 54539
- When was it listed? January 1992
- Category. district
- Town. Lake Tomahawk town
- National Register reference number. 91001987 - 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
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Tomahawk Lake Camp Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BAY FIRE |
| 15 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tomahawk Lake Camp Historic District: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gilmore Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazelhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Katherine Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minocqua Township Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sureshot Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yawkey Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yawkey Lake Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yawkey Lake Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Tomahawk, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Penny size hail fell in Lake Tomahawk. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees east of Minoqua. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped 18 inch diameter trees about 15 feet above the ground. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Quarter size hail fell southeast of Minocqua. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Pea to nickel size hail fell for five minutes north of Lake Tomahawk. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorms produced nickel to quarter size hail and heavy rain at Lake Tomahawk. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail near Lake Tomahawk. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorms produced hail up to tennis ball size southeast of Lake Tomahawk. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail near Lake Tomahawk. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees at Lake Tomahawk. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Penny size hail fell accompanied by torrential rain at Lake Tomahawk. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | Walnut size hail was reported at Lake Tomahawk. The report was relayed to the National Weather Service from WJFW-TV in Rhinelander. |
| August 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Lake Tomahawk | - | Brief touchdown |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Lake Tomahawk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William H. Yawkey Boathouse | 4.2 miles | 2009 | |
| Hans J. Hagge Boathouse | 4.5 miles | 2005 | |
| Phillip Orth Boathouse | 5.2 miles | 2005 | |
| Ella M. Boesel Boathouse | 5.3 miles | 1997 | |
| Luther and Anna Walter Boathouse | 5.7 miles | 2005 | |
| Texaco Service Station | 6.1 miles | 2023 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001987 in Record Group 79. |
| Oneida County | All 20 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.