Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
“The White Bird Grade is a historic mountain highway along a former section of U.S. Route 95 near White Bird, Idaho, United States.”
Wikipedia article White Bird Grade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Idaho County · listed in 1974 · category: Structure · built in 1920.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of White Bird Grade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,197 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 7 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITBIRD GRADE |
| 8 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | LITTLE ONE |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITEBIRD PULLOUT |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TOLO PULLOUT |
| 5 September 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COLDSMOKE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | 237 |
| 16 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FROSTBITE |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | TOLO |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of White Bird Grade: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grangeville Clay Occurrence 26 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 1 Prospect | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 4 Prospect | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Pit Id 169 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Bird, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2010: 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Hail | White Bird | - | Law enforcement reports golf ball sized hail in the Whitebird city limits. |
| August 2010 | Hail | White Bird | - | A trained spotter reported pea to nickel size hail that he had to use a snow shovel to clear the accumulations off his deck. He also reported 0.50 inches of rain with the storm. |
| July 2004 | Hail | White Bird | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | White Bird | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Bird Battlefield | 2.4 miles | 1974 | |
 | Dr. Wilson Foskett Home and Drugstore | 5.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Tolo Lake | 6.3 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74000740 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Idaho County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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