Built in 1910 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Tulare County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1910, rustic architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Barton-Lackey Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,662 acres in total. 46 started naturally. None was 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 | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1995 | Natural | 282 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SPHINX |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | GALLATS |
| 4 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SPHINX CK |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | FERGUSON |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SENTINEL |
| 14 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | CLOUD CYN |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | AVALANCHE |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | CLOUD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Barton-Lackey Cabin: 6 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Mountain | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mineral King, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 2 wildfire, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Lightning | Mineral King | 2 killed, 7 hurt | Lightning struck a group of camping Boy Scouts at the 10,700 foot elevation of Sandy Meadow 4 miles west of Mt. Whitney on the John Muir Trail on the 28th. There were 9 individuals struck in a tent that had been erected as shelter from the thunderstorm with one immediate fatality and another critically injured that expired the next day. |
| October 1998 | Wildfire | Mineral King | $348,000 | The Lookout II Fire. Escaped prescribed wildfire in the Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, near Mineral King. Total size reached 436 acres with containment on 10/25/98. Cost $348K with no fatalities and no structures lost. |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Mineral King | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Mineral King | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Mineral King | - | The Coffeepot Fire was one of five lightning fires in the Tulare County area from thunderstorm activity in the past two weeks in the Tulare County Mountains. The Coffeepot fire damage or cause is not known with no lives or structures reported lost. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Mineral King | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Mineral King | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Mineral King | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000290 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Tulare County | All 35 listed properties in this county. |
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