BlockFrom the record
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Valley County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Jacob Maki Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Maki, Jacob, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off ID 55, Donnelly, 83638
- When was it listed? November 1982
- Category. building
- Also known as. Long Valley Finnish Structures TR
- Census division. McCall
- National Register reference number. 82001053 - 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
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Jacob Maki Homestead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUGHANDLE 60 |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOUIE CREEK |
| 5 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 63 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITE CLOUD |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WALK |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARREL |
| 2 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GRASSY |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TWIN FORKS |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUG MOUNTAIN |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Jacob Maki Homestead: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Silica, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Placer | Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Property | Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lake Fork Creek | REE, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Jacobs | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Quartz | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Fork County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Fork Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Soulen Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donnelly, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donnelly | - | A member of the public posted a picture of a 6 inch diameter branch broken, as well as a large 1.5 foot diameter section of the tree snapped. Winds estimated to have been 60 miles per hour based on state and type of tree, at least severe given the size of the large branch that snapped off. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Donnelly | - | A severe thunderstorm in Donnelly produced large hail and brief heavy rain. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Donnelly | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jarvi Homestead | 1.1 miles | 1982 | |
 | Long Valley Finnish Church | 2.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Matt Ruatsale Homestead | 2.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Gust Laituri Homestead | 2.9 miles | 1982 |
| Herman Ojala Homestead | 3.2 miles | 1982 | |
| Johnson, John S., (Sampila) Homestead | 3.3 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82001053 in Record Group 79. |
| Valley County | All 25 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.