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Idaho Mining and Smelter Company Store

Built in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“The Idaho Mining and Smelter Company Store, at One Ford St. in Clayton, Idaho was built in about 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.”

Wikipedia article Idaho Mining and Smelter Company Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Custer County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1880.

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. One Ford St., Clayton, 83278
  • When was it listed? February 2006
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Stanley
  • When was it built? 1880
  • National Register reference number. 05001601 - 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Idaho Mining and Smelter Company Store between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestMULE SHOE
3 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
21 September 2008Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictMULE SHOE
20 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
18 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
10 September 2019Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictPOVERTY
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCLAYTON II

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Idaho Mining and Smelter Company Store: 11 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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
Carrothers-Hines ProspectNickelUnknown
Clayton Silver MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1934
Dryden MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerGalena
Ella ProspectSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quartzite OccurrenceStone, DimensionProducer
Rob-Roy MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Saturday Mountain MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerGalena
Silver Bell MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1879
South Butte MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGalena

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this property

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindClayton-The ITD mesonet site in Clayton recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindClayton-Private weather station measured 58 mph gust just off of Idaho Highway 75.
August 2021Flash FloodClayton-A NWS survey found evidence of an extensive mud slide along and across Highway 75 North of Clayton.
August 2021Flash FloodClayton-Idaho Transportation Department reported a mudslide and running water across Idaho Route 75 between East Fork Rd and Malm Gulch Rd completely blocking the highway.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindClayton-Six trees down On Yankee Fork River in Clayton. Metal roof torn off the Yankee Fork Ranger Station .
September 1998Flash FloodClayton-TSTM induced flash flood on Slate Creek washed out 200 yards of Slate Creek Road. Camping trailer damaged. Several vehicles trapped beyond road break.

Every storm recorded in Custer 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05001601 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Custer CountyAll 33 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.