BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Benewah County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chatcolet CCC Picnic and Camping Area
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- Address. ID 5, Heyburn State Park, Chatcolet, 83851
- When was it listed? February 1995
- Category. building
- Census division. Plummer
- Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
- National Register reference number. 94000632 - 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
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Chatcolet CCC Picnic and Camping Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | HIKE IN THE PARK |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | St. Joe Area Office | CLIFF |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Mica Area Office | CONKLING |
| 7 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MANIFOLD |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUSSELL |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | POWDERHORN |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCKY |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HIXSON |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chatcolet CCC Picnic and Camping Area: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatcolet Lake Clay Occurrence | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Ellis Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Round Lake Peat Occurrence | Peat | Occurrence | Peat | |
| Benewah Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | Clay | |
| Benewah Lake Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay |
Storms near this property
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatcolet, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2012: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flood | Chatcolet | $200,000 | There were numerous reports of water over roadways and washouts. Road closures included the south end of Sagle Road, Talache Road at Camp Stidwell, Blacktail Road near Little Blacktail Mountain Road, Cocolalla Loop Road near address 3900 and Sportsmans Access Road. Partial road washouts included Jewel Lake Road at mile marker 2.5, Schneider Road between mile marker 3 and 4, Nettleingham Road, Snow Valley Road, Petterson Road and Boyer Road near Vedelwood Road. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Chatcolet | - | A severe thunderstorm developed northwest of the St. Joe National Forest. The thunderstorm intensified as it moved northeast between Heyburn State Park and St. Maries. The thunderstorm proceeded to head northward as a new updraft developed across Benewah County into Kootenai 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Plummer Point CCC Picnic and Hiking Area | 1.2 miles | 1995 |
 | Rocky Point CCC Properties | 1.6 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000632 in Record Group 79. |
| Benewah County | All 8 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.