BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Oconto County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1937.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Weber Lake Picnic Ground Shelter
Built in 1937. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Jct. of WI 32 and NFS 2308, Mountain, 54149
- When was it listed? May 1996
- Category. building
- Town. Mountain town
- When was it built? 1937
- National Register reference number. 96000541 - 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
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Weber Lake Picnic Ground Shelter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HWY 32 LATE NIGHT |
| 2 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | RIVERVIEW |
| 2 August 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | HAY BALE |
| 11 August 2008 | Natural | 4.3 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CRAIGS |
| 10 August 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Weber Lake Picnic Ground Shelter: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lake Diorite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmer Hubbard Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hubbard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 20 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Mountain | 2 hurt, $10,500,000 | The long-track tornado moved from Langlade Co. into Oconto Co. about 8 miles west of Mountain at 4:58 PM CDT. The tornado reached a width of three-quarters of a mile wide as it flattened over 7000 acres of trees in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (DI 27, DOD4). The tornado destroyed or heavily damaged 12 homes (DI 4, DOD 11), with 14 others sustaining damage of varying degrees. Nearly all of the damaged homes were either manufactured homes or vacation cottages. Two people sustained minor injuries as they sought shelter in a bedroom of their home. The tornado dissipated about 10 miles east-northeast of Lakewood, near the Marinette County line, at 5:18 PM CDT. The tornado was rated EF2 in Langlade Co., with estimated winds of 125 to 135 mph, and an average path length of 1000 yards. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | $300,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in and around Mountain. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Mountain | - | Ping pong size hail fell near Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mountain | - | Ping pong size hail fell in Mountain. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mountain | - | Penny size hail fell in Crooked Lake. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Mountain | - | Penny size hail fell near Mountain. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Mountain | - | Quarter size hail fell near Mountain. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Mountain. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Mountain | - | Quarter size hail fell just northwest of Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and overturned a trailer near Mountain. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Mountain | - | Quarter size hail fell in Mountain. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Mountain | - | Quarter size hail fell near Mountain. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted more than 50 trees west of Mountain on County Highway W. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Mountain. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted numerous trees near Crooked Lake. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large branches around Mountain. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Crooked Lake, northwest of Mountain. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mountain | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail as they passed through Mountain. Time of the event was estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Mountain. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Mountain. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Trees and large branches down in the town of Mountain. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Strong winds from thunderstorms knocked down trees along Highway 64 near Mountain. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mountain School | 2.0 miles | 2000 |
 | Chute Pond Dam | 2.0 miles | 2010 |
 | Mountain Fire Lookout Tower | 3.9 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000541 in Record Group 79. |
| Oconto County | All 23 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.