BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Nez Perce County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
First Lapwai Bank
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 302 W. 1st St., Lapwai, 83540
- When was it listed? March 1980
- Category. building
- Census division. Nez Perce
- National Register reference number. 80001331 - 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
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of First Lapwai Bank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,788 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 94 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | OVERTHILL |
| 8 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | BOOM GROUNDS RR |
| 7 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | SWEETWATER |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | CARVALLEY |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | PUMPKINFIR |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | BOYER |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 80 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | LYLEGULCH |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | ROCKY TOP |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of First Lapwai Bank: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding Pit | Stone | 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 |
Storms near this property
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lapwai, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lapwai | 1 hurt, $25,000 | power lines down and trees blown down. one tree blown down onto trailer house. 1 male injured. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Lapwai | $4,000,000 | A slow moving thunderstorm moved 2 miles east of the town of Lapwai on the afternoon of the 8th of May. An estimated 2 to 3 inches fell across the headwaters of Garden Gulch Creek in about an hour. A flash flood then raced through Garden Gulch and flooded out structures, killed some livestock and washed out roads to the intersection of State Route 95 and Garden Gulch Road. An estimated 4 million dollars in property and roads was estimated in a five mile swath along Garden Gulch. |
| April 2011 | Flood | North Lapwai | $600,000 | Flooding of several creeks and streams resulted in damage, closures, and evacuations along numerous roads along with minor flooding of six homes. Roads that were damaged include Webb Road, McCormack Ridge Road, Garden Gulch Road near Highway 95, Cottonwood Creek Road, Flatiron Road, and Mission Creek Road near Highway 95. Reservation Line Road and Webb Canal Road were also closed for a short time due to flooding. The worst of the flooding occurred along Webb Creek which flooded several low-lying areas, including the junction with Highway 95 and the junction with McCormick Ridge Road where reports stated water covered the bridge at the junction of McCormick Ridge Road. The Web Store Smoke Shop was inundated with approximately one foot of water. Around six homes along Webb Road experienced flooding up to the homes foundations. Mission Creek also spilled out of its banks with water reported to be flowing down Mission Creek Road, over the Mission Creek Bridge, and into nearby pastures and front yards. Sweetwater Creek, Lapwai Creek and Cottonwood Creek also had minor flooding with the Spalding church suffering the greatest damage. A culvert was plugged along Lapwai Creek near the intersection of Highway 95 and Garden Gulch Road causing road damage and a two day road closure. A plugged culvert along Sweetwater Creek led to approximately 30 feet of pavement erosion along Flatiron Road and 1500 feet of ditch and shoulder erosion. The Emergency Manager of Nez Perce County estimated flood damage to the roads was around $74,000 with most of the damage along Flatiron Road and Garden Gulch Road near Highway 95. On the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, at least one septic tank was compromised due to flooding. The flooding caused basement flooding in at least four homes throughout the reservation. Two private bridges were destroyed or compromised and classified as unsafe for use. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Lapwai | $20,000 | The Lapwai church is flooded. it was unknown how deep the water was and extent of damage. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Lapwai | $2,000 | Lapwai Creek flooded bottom lands and flowed over Highway 95 in places between Lapwai and Culdesac causing the temporary closure of this primary route through the region. A few homes were threatened by the flood waters but no damage to any structures was reported. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lapwai | $1,000 | The Nez Perce County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down in the town of Lapwai. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lapwai | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree branches southwest of Lapwai and blew down road signs near Culdesac. This thunderstorm also stirred up large amounts of blowing dust which reduced visibility to near zero at times. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Lapwai | $100 | Law enforcement reported water over painted horse lane in Lapwai, Idaho. |
| June 2022 | Flood | North Lapwai | - | Flooding over banks of clearwater river at the intersection of highway 12 and highway 95. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lapwai | - | The report was from Valley Gas in Lapwai. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lapwai | - | Report from Nez Perce Tribal Police. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lapwai | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Presbyterian Church | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001331 in Record Group 79. |
| Nez Perce County | All 28 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.