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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Gem County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ola School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5 Ola School Rd., Ola, 83657
- When was it listed? May 1992
- Category. building
- Also known as. Public School Buildings in Idaho MPS
- Census division. Sweet
- National Register reference number. 92000415 - 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
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ola School between 1992 and 2015, burning about 55,300 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SECOND FORK |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Boise District | COONRODBAS |
| 25 September 2014 | Natural | 724 acres | Boise District | OLA |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DRAGONBACK |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | WHITLOCK |
| 15 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | 644 |
| 12 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LONG PINE |
| 30 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HOLBROOK LANE |
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 Ola School: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Beryllium, Feldspar, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adanac Claim | Beryllium, Feldspar | Prospect | Beryl | |
| Ruby Creek | Molybdenum | Prospect | 1905 | |
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Donald M Claim | Beryllium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Diatomite | Unknown |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000415 in Record Group 79. |
| Gem County | All 10 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.