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Photograph of Waubesa School
Photograph by James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Waubesa School

Built in 1920 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Waubesa School is a historic school building at 5979 Siggelkow Road in McFarland, Wisconsin. Harrison, the school is a relatively late example of a one-room schoolhouse.”

Wikipedia article Waubesa School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 238 National Register listings published here for Dane County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1920, American Craftsman.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 3579 Sigglekow Rd., Blooming Grove Township, 53558
  • When was it listed? July 1997
  • Category. building
  • Village. McFarland village
  • When was it built? 1920
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 97000806 - 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Waubesa School between 1994 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources256
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1824118
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1818632
19 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019367
25 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
23 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources184
23 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2014375

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Waubesa School: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kreuger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dane County

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 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Drohman Cabin1.0 miles1981
McFarland House1.1 miles1988
Edwards-Larson House1.1 miles2021
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group3.1 miles2003
Outlet Mound3.4 miles2003
Ray S. and Theo P. Owen House3.6 miles2022

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000806 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dane CountyAll 238 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.