BlockFrom the record
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Bonneville County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Palisades Dam and Powerplant Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Address. US 26, .81 mi. S of jct. with Forest Road 260, Palisades, 83428
- When was it listed? August 2018
- Category. district
- Census division. Swan Valley
- National Register reference number. 100002771 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Palisades Dam and Powerplant Historic District between 1992 and 2017, burning about 26 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SHEEP CREEK 3 |
| 18 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SHEEP |
| 10 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | VAN |
| 10 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SHEEP |
| 8 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PINE BAY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Palisades Dam and Powerplant Historic District: 4 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Palisades Reservoir Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Creek Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1951 | |
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Red Ridge Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect |
Storms near this property
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palisades, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. The reports record 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Hail | Palisades | 4 hurt | Heavy hail fell on boat on Palisades Reservoir with larger than quarter sized hail falling on video. 4 occupants received bruises from the hail. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Palisades | 2 hurt | Hail recorded on a boat on Palisades Reservoir with 2 more injuries due to bruising from hail. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | A 59 mph wind gust recorded at ITDE5 Palisades Dam mesonet site. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | Sixty to 70 mph wind gusts estimated over Pine Creek Pass. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | Mount Baird recorded a 65 mph wind gust. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Palisades | - | One inch hail reported at Calamity Campground. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Palisades | - | Bear Lake Emergency Manager measured inch and quarter hail driving through region. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | At least three boats were reported capsized due to winds caused by a thunderstorm on Palisades Reservoir on August 1st. Times are estimated and the exact wind speeds are unknown but a significant event to document. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Palisades | - | One inch hail reported by National Weather Serivice employee in the town of Palisades. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Palisades | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Palisades | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Palisades | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002771 in Record Group 79. |
| Bonneville County | All 31 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.