Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
“The Rankin Motel is a historic motel on U.S. Located about 55 miles (89 km) from West Yellowstone, it was intended to serve visitors to Yellowstone National Park.”
Wikipedia article Rankin Motel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rankin Auto Court between 2004 and 2017, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | STRONG |
| 1 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | JUMP |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Idaho Falls District | FREMONT COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rankin Auto Court: 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Warm Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Pit Fr 51 S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashton, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $5,000 | Several trees and large tree limbs reported downed in Ashton. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over a large tree in Ashton onto a pickup truck. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $2,000 | Large tree limbs downed at Ashton Elementary School. Also portions of a wood and sheet metal roof blown off a building in the area. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $2,000 | Multiple downed and damaged power lines were reported from thunderstorm winds 1 mile south of Ashton. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,500 | A greenhouse was demolished in Ashton. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $1,000 | Fremont County Dispatch reported a tree down on wires along N 3400 E south of E 1000 N. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $200 | Tin siding was torn off an outbuilding by thunderstorm winds in Ashton. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | A 58 mph wind gust was recorded 2 miles west of Ashton. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured near Ashton. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ashton | - | One inch hail in Ashton. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ashton | - | One and a half inch hail measured in Ashton. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ashton | - | One inch hail recorded in Ashton. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | A tree was downed on Highland St near S 3rd St. Highland St was partially blocked. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | Numerous trees were reported down mainly in and around Ashton. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | Power outage occurred from a thunderstorm extending from Chester north to Ashton. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Ashton | - | Hail of 1.25 inches reported by Emergency Manager in Ashton. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Ashton | - | The Arcadia canal overflowed 6 miles west of Ashton and flooded Sadorus Hill Road with 3 feet of water in spots covering 100 yards of the road. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ashton | - | Large hail and winds caused damage to grain fields in Ashton. |
| August 1997 | Flood | Ashton | - | Very heavy rain and pea-size hail caused some minor stream flooding. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ashton | - | Hail sizes ranged from one to 1.5 inches. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Ashton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Ashton | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall | 0.8 miles | 1997 |
 | Conant Creek Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge | 6.0 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008209 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Fremont County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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