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Pedro Anchustegui Pelota Court

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Pedro Anchustegui Pelota Court is a Basque pelota court located on West 2nd North Street in Mountain Home, Idaho. The court was built in 1908 during a period of Basque immigration to Idaho.”

Wikipedia article Pedro Anchustegui Pelota Court, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Elmore County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure.

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 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Anchustegui, Pedro, Pelota Court - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. W. 2nd, North, Mountain Home, 83647
  • When was it listed? January 1978
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Mountain Home
  • National Register reference number. 78001060 - 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Pedro Anchustegui Pelota Court between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,887 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural9
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives 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
26 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution370 acresBoise DistrictN MTN HOME
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBoise DistrictH-20MP98 4
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM86 HWY 51
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictHOT
9 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictMM99 I 84
9 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use88 acresBoise DistrictEDGEMEAD
8 August 2013Natural320 acresBoise DistrictMM99 I84
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBoise DistrictBIG HOLE

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pedro Anchustegui Pelota Court: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Ptla MineGoldPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mountain Home PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this property

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Home, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-Strong winds brought a tree down and damaged an outdoor pool near downtown Mountain Home, ID.
August 2023Heavy RainMountain Home-The CoCoRaHS station ID-EL-3 0.9 miles southwest of Mountain Home measured 1.32 inches of rain.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-A large tree partially was uprooted and fell on house near East Second Avenue in Mountain Home. Numerous small branches were down with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. A Porta Potty was blown over near Rosewood Park. Damage occurred during a thunderstorm with brief heavy rain which was described as wet downburst.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-The Mountain Home AFB ASOS recorded a wind gust of 69 knots and social media reported trees down in Mountain Home, Hammett, and Glenns Ferry.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Mountain Home-Two photographs submitted by the public on Facebook show an EF-0 tornado about 10 miles northwest of Mountain Home. No damage was reported.
August 2013HailMountain Home-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Mountain Home, Idaho. Damage to a local business and power outages was also reported.
June 2009Flash FloodMountain Home-Several homes in Mountain Home, Idaho had water in the basement due to water flowing across the ground from heavy rain.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-A roof was lifted off a barn and tossed several hundred yards as it slowly disintegrated. Several animals were hurt by flying debris.
May 2004HailMountain Home-No know damage
August 2000WildfireMountain Home-A fire that was determined to be "human caused" burned 23,960 acres near Mountain Home. The Oregon Trail Fire, so named because it followed the path of the old pioneer trail, burned across Highway20, prompting a 5 hour closure of the road and at times threatened several homes. Several outbuildings and haystacks were destroyed and although some residents were temporarily evacuated, no homes were burned. The fire was contained on the 10th with suppression costs reaching $550K. Damage estimates were unavailable.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-no account filed
July 1997HailMountain Home-no account filed
July 1997HailMountain Home-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Mountain Home Hotelunder 500 feet1982
F. P. Ake Building0.2 miles1982
Turner Hotel0.2 miles1984
St. James Episcopal Church0.3 miles1977
Mountain Home Carnegie Library0.3 miles1978
KwikCurb Diner0.5 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001060 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Elmore CountyAll 23 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.