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One of 15 National Register listings published here for Vilas County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1924.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mayo School
Built in 1924. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 2301 Townhall Rd., Eagle River, 54521
- When was it listed? March 1994
- Category. building
- Town. Washington town
- When was it built? 1924
- National Register reference number. 94000135 - 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
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Mayo School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 45 4 |
| 9 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 45 3 |
| 9 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 45 2 |
| 3 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WILD EAGLE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mayo School: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Croker Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Rd Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oneida County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pioneer Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Pioneer Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pioneer Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle River, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1999 | Lightning | Eagle River | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Eagle River | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Eagle River | $5,000 | A small section of Highway 70 was flooded in a low-lying area. In addition, a house had one basement wall caved in by high water. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Eagle River | - | Quarter size hail fell in Eagle River. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eagle River | - | Quarter size hail fell in Eagle River. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees east of Eagle River. The time of this event is an estimate based on the Emergency Manager. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Eagle River. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eagle River | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail as it passed near Eagle River. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees along Wall Street and knocked out power in Eagle River. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Numerous trees and power lines down across eastern sections of Vilas county. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Power lines down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Flood | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flood | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Region Nine Training School | 3.2 miles | 1996 |
 | St. Peter's Catholic School | 3.6 miles | 2018 |
 | Eagle River Stadium | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
| Eagle River Downtown Historic District | 3.7 miles | 2025 | |
 | Jabodon | 4.2 miles | 2009 |
 | Everett Resort, The | 4.3 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000135 in Record Group 79. |
| Vilas County | All 15 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.