BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Shoshone County · listed in 1984 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Grand Forks
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of Avery, Avery
- When was it listed? September 1984
- Category. site
- Also known as. North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites TR
- Census division. Avery-Clarkia
- National Register reference number. 84001175 - 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
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Grand Forks between 1992 and 2017, burning about 61 acres in total. 31 started naturally. None 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | OLENTANGE CREEK #16 |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LOOP CREEK 8 |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | TURKEY |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WARD CREEK |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WONDERFUL |
| 13 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MOSS CREEK |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BLUEBIRD 31 |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Grand Forks: 22 occurrences, 10 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Elk Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver | |
| Blue Bird Claim | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Crown Silver Group | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Fourth of July Silver Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hansy Copper and Gold Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite | |
| Monitor | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Monitor Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1885, 1892, 1977 | |
| North Star Prospect | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1896 | |
| Silver Mountain Project | Lead, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| Taylor Copper Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avery, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Hail | Avery | - | A member of the public reported 1 inch size hail covering the ground with estimated 45 mph winds at Avery, Idaho. |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Historic District | 1.1 miles | 2000 |
| Bullion Tunnel | 3.7 miles | 1984 | |
 | Cedar Snags | 4.8 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001175 in Record Group 79. |
| Shoshone County | All 27 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.