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One of 140 National Register listings published here for Coconino County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1939.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Volunteer Lookout Cabin
Built in 1939. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Kaibab National Forest, Bellemont
- When was it listed? January 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
- Census division. Flagstaff
- When was it built? 1939
- National Register reference number. 87002481 - 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
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Volunteer Lookout Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 110 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BRANNIGAN |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SHERWOOD |
| 26 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PONTOON |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BRANNIGAN |
| 21 September 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kaibab National Forest | LINE |
| 20 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MICKLE 2 |
| 2 September 2017 | Natural | 95 acres | Kaibab National Forest | VOLUNTEER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Volunteer Lookout Cabin: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit 1042 | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Bellemont No. 5 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Bellemont No. 6 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Bellemont No. 7 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Garland Prairie No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Garland Prairie No. 2 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellemont, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Bellemont | 7 hurt, $1,000,000 | Considerable structural damage in and around the community of Bellemont; significant forest damage and treefall in forest north and south of Bellemont. This tornado was from the same storm that produced Tornado #2. Aerial and ground surveys verified a semi-continuous tornado path from 8 miles south of Bellemont, extending northward for 26 miles, crossing Interstate 40 and Highway 180 (three times- near mileposts 230, 234, and 240). Tornado passed 2/3 mile east of the NWS Bellemont Weather Forecast office. Damage from this tornado included:|-7 minor injuries.|-Over 100 homes damaged in Bellemont, 21 homes sustaining significant damage (deemed uninhabitable).|-At least one business (RV Sales) with damage with 30+ RV units demolished and tossed onto Interstate 40. Interstate closed for several hours.|-At least one overturned truck on the Interstate.|-Numerous forest roads blocked, campers stranded by fallen trees. |-Around 75 power poles knocked down. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Bellemont | 7 hurt | Lightning struck and injured seven military personnel while they were working on a grounded helicopter on Camp Navajo Army Depot. All seven were treated and released. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Bellemont | 5 hurt | BB to pea sized hail covered the ground and Interstate 40 an inch or two deep. At least |seven vehicles slid off the road. Several vehicles crashed into each other. |
| July 2023 | Lightning | Bellemont | $600,000 | Lightning from a Monsoon thunderstorm destroyed a house in Baderville, north of Flagstaff Monday. Summit Fire and Medical crews arrived at the home just after 12:30 p.m. on a report of the roof of the home on fire. As crews got closer to the scene, firefighters could see smoke from Highway 180 and the fire was moved to a first alarm. Initial crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the attic of the home. More crews arrived to work the fire, including two water tenders. In all a total of 11 units and two battalion chiefs responded to the fire. There were no injuries to civilians or fire personnel and the home is a total loss (KAFF Country News). |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellemont | $10,000 | Siding was blown off houses and into cars. At least two trees were blown down. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Bellemont | - | The Rio de Flag overflowed along Dupont Avenue, Ellery Avenue, and Riles Street due to melting snow. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Bellemont | - | A thunderstorm produced between 2.55 and 2.71 inches of rain near Hart Prairie. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Bellemont | - | One inch diameter hail fell along Snowbowl Road. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Bellemont | - | A thunderstorm produce 2.55 inches of rain near Hart Prairie. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Bellemont | - | Facebook and Twitter pictures show nickel to quarter (0.88 to 1.00) inch hail along Hart Prairie Road and Highway 180. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bellemont | - | Heavy rain (2.25 inches) from a thunderstorm fell in Fort Valley. Hail 1/4 inch in diameter also fell during the thunderstorm. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Bellemont | - | Water flowed over Snowbowl Road near the ski lodge. No significant damage was reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellemont | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 60 MPH at the NWS office in Bellemont. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Bellemont | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado that tracked about 9 miles along the Western Mogollon Rim. A NWS storm servey revield extensive tree damage along the 9 mile path. Ten to twenty percent of the ponderosa pine trees along the path were damaged. Very large trees were snapped off at ground level and deposited some distance with no drag marks. This tornado was generally F0. A small section of the damage path exhibited upper-end F1 to lower-end F2 damage. The end of the damage path ended about two miles south-southwest of WFO Flagstaff. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bellemont | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail was reported on the south side of Camp Navajo Army Depot in Bellemont. |
| September 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bellemont | - | A tornado was observed about 2 miles north of the National Weather Service office in Bellemont. The tornado moved northeast though an unpopulated ponderosa pine forest. The tornado crossed several Forest Service roads and Highway 180 and knocked trees across these roads. It is estimated that over a hundred trees were uprooted or snapped off. Some of the tress were over 2 feet in diameter. The tree damage was intermittent along the whole 4 1/2 mile path. Less than 10% of the tornado path had damage. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bellemont | - | An off duty NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail on I-40 seven miles west of Flagstaff (three miles east of Bellemont). |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Bellemont | - | Lightning started a forest fire about 3 miles north of Bellemont (10 miles northwest of Flagstaff) on July 24. The Pipe Fire burned 600 acers of dense ponderosa pine. Air tankers, helicopters, and about 300 people contained the fire by the evening of July 27. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Bellemont | - | One inch diameter hail was observed at the NWS office at Bellemont. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Route 66, Brannigan Park | 3.2 miles | 1989 | |
| Rural Route 66, Parks | 3.5 miles | 1989 | |
| Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1931) | 3.5 miles | 1989 | |
| Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1931) | 4.1 miles | 1989 | |
| Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1921) | 4.3 miles | 1989 | |
| Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1921) | 4.5 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002481 in Record Group 79. |
| Coconino County | All 140 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.