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Bellevue Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Bellevue Historic District is roughly bounded by U.S. 93, Cedar, 4th, and Oak Sts. in Bellevue, Idaho. The Late Victorian style buildings date as far back as 1880, and are significant for their architecture.”

Wikipedia article Bellevue Historic District (Bellevue, Idaho), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Blaine County · listed in 1982 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Fires near this property

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue Historic District between 1992 and 2017, burning about 7,514 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Firearms and explosives use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2

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
24 September 1998Firearms and explosives use77 acresTwin Falls DistrictMARTIN
2 September 1999Fireworks18 acresTwin Falls DistrictWOODSIDE
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresTwin Falls DistrictSLAUGHTER
5 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined154 acresTwin Falls DistrictCROY CREEK
4 August 2007Natural13 acresTwin Falls DistrictTOWNSEND GULCH
27 August 2011Firearms and explosives use12 acresTwin Falls DistrictMARTIN
18 August 2004Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictWATERGULCH
18 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1,046 acresTwin Falls DistrictCHERRY CK

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 126 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 126 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue Historic District: 46 past producers, 42 occurrences, 26 unknowns, 7 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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
Ada Jane and Bismuth ClaimsArsenic, MolybdenumUnknown
Arkoosh GroupSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Chicago MineSilver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Comet MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1883
Edres MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Uranium, ZincPast ProducerVein
Fifty-Fifty ClaimLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Galena Gulch ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence
Grover CrockerLead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Hard TimesSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
HeineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this property

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellevue, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 wildfire. 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
February 2017FloodBellevue$220,000The combination of heavy snow with warming temperatures caused extensive sheet flooding in the extreme southern part of the county with and much road damage in northern parts of the county. The weight of the snow with the warming conditions caused many roof collapses throughout the county as well.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBellevue$8,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBellevue$4,000Wind gusts from a thunderstorm estimated at 65 mph which downed trees in Gannett Canyon.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBellevue$2,000At 2:16 pm MDT a tree was reported blown down into a house on 3rd and Poplar in Bellevue.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindBellevue$1,000Several large branches broken off trees with some as large as a persons arm.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBellevue$500Multiple trees were uprooted in Bellevue due to thunderstorm winds. The largest was 2 feet in diameter.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBellevue-The Timmerman Hill ITD site measured a 59 mph thunderstorm outflow gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBellevue-Several trees were reported down in the town of Bellevue. Occurred on 5th and 8th Streets as well as Tendoy Street just north of Bellevue.
May 2015Funnel CloudBellevue-The Hailey airport reported a rotating cloud base near Bellevue and a county official in Bellevue submitted video of storm. No witnesses of a tornado touchdown however occurred.
August 2014Funnel CloudBellevue-Federal employee spotted a funnel cloud 5 miles south of the city of Bellevue.
March 2012FloodBellevue-Runoff from snowmelt in the hills around Slaughterhouse Canyon east of Bellevue caused extensive runnign water to flood local roads in Bellevue. Water reached 2 feet deep against houses and garage doors but only minor house flooding occurred with no significant damage. Extensive sandbagging protected most homes from the rising waters.
August 2008HailBellevue-Three quarter inch hail fell in Bellevue.
July 1997LightningBellevue-LIghtning knocked out a power pole along Glendale Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBellevue-no account filed
July 1996WildfireBellevue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Henry Miller House1.2 miles1975
Homer Pound House4.5 miles1978
St. Charles of the Valley Catholic Church and Rectory4.6 miles1982
Blaine County Courthouse4.7 miles1978
Hailey Methodist Episcopal Church4.7 miles2017
J. C. Fox Building4.7 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002506 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Blaine CountyAll 21 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.