BlockFrom the record
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Purdum Livery Stable
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 113 N. Rail St., E., Shoshone, 83352
- When was it listed? September 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
- Census division. Shoshone
- National Register reference number. 83002393 - 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
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Purdum Livery Stable between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47,520 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | GRACIE |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | JOHNNYS E. |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 acres | Twin Falls District | JOHNNYSMID |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | JOHNNYS W. |
| 25 September 2019 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.3 acres | Twin Falls District | DROPS |
| 25 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 610 acres | Twin Falls District | UPRRMP318 |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | SHO WSA |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | HW75MM76W |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Purdum Livery Stable: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, PGE, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank E Wilson Ranch Placer | Gold, Titanium, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Lows Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoshone, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Shoshone | $2,150,000 | A significant warmup caused massive sheet flooding in Lincoln County beginning early in the month and continuing through the end. Significant damage occurred to private homes and especially roadways. The state declared Lincoln county a disaster area. Many roads were closed by the 11th with water over roadways from east of Shoshone to the Minidoka County line. The town of Kimana had significant flooding as well. Some of the road closures were 200 East Highway 24, 270 South between 650-750 East, 330S between 750 and 850, 70 South, 600 North and 1200 North. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Shoshone | $277,000 | Snow melt sheet flooding continued into March in the region with continued road and property damage due to the waters. The last two days of the month release from the Magic Reservoir into the Big Wood River caused some flooding 5 miles north of Shoshone and trapped a many in his home for a couple of days. It washed over the bridge in front of his home blocking his way out. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Shoshone | $37,500 | Several thousand dollars worth of damage due to flooding from extensive rainfall during the week. In Lincoln County two rural houses flooded along with several road washouts. Much of 420N washed out along with 720N 825 E and several BLM roads. Several roads damaged in the city of Shoshone. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $8,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $5,000 | Multiple trees downed in Shoshone with power outages reported. 5000 dollars worth of damage reported from tree limbs falling onto a house. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | $1,500 | Multiple trees were reported downed in Shoshone due to thunderstorm winds. A roof was also ripped off of a barn. Some power lines were downed and 100 people lost power in the city. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Shoshone | $1,000 | Tornado touched down in Shoshone with several trees reported downed with some branches thrown through windows. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | Idaho Power reported 400 customers without power in southwest Lincoln County. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | A tree was downed at a residence causing some shingle damage. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | Four power poles snapped in half between N Apple St and N Birch St. Large tree downed at W 4th St and N Cherry St. An outside ice storage bin flipped over and reports of multiple trees downed. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | Multiple power poles down south of Shoshone along US Route 93. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Shoshone | - | Releases form the Magic Reservoir the last two days of March continued into the first week of April and some field flooding along the Big Wood River continued including a washed out bridge on personal property. The man was blocked in his home for a few days. |
| September 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Shoshone | - | A thunderstorm north of Shoshone created a funnel cloud at around 3:45 PM MDT on September 30th with photographs of the funnel provided by a Twin Falls television meteorologist. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | Near the Lincoln and Blaine County border the sheriff reported thunderstorm wind gusts blew a car off the road. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Shoshone | - | One inch hail measured in Shoshone. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | The Shoshone mesonet site recorded a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Shoshone | - | Tornado occurred over open land 9 miles northwest of Shoshone. No damage occurred. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | Winds gusted to 66 miles per hour 20 miles northeast of Shoshone. Another storm at Soldier Mountain in Fairfield produced lightning that struck a ski lift control booth setting it on fire, the cable was broken and 15 ski lift chairs were damaged. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J.C. Penney Company Building | under 500 feet | 1983 |
| Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase) | under 500 feet | 1998 | |
 | Jose and Gertrude Anasola House | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Galo Arambarri Boarding House | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Jack Oughton House | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
| Shoshone Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002393 in Record Group 79. |
| Lincoln County | All 42 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.