Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
“The Arctic Point Fire Lookout is a 72-foot (22 m) tall fire tower located near Big Creek, Idaho. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1994.”
Wikipedia article Arctic Point Fire Lookout, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Idaho County · listed in 1994 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Arctic Point Fire Lookout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48,484 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BIG BEAR |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BIG BEAR |
| 18 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 3,760 acres | Payette National Forest | ARCTIC CREEK |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BRUIN CREEK/PNF |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | BEAR |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | CUB |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Arctic Point Fire Lookout: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Titanium, Titanium, Garnet, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer | Gold, Geothermal, Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Bear Creek Bar Placer | Gold, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Big Squaw Creek Fluorspar Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Clay | Occurrence | 1860 | |
| Corey Bar | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Cory Bar | Gold, Titanium, Garnet, Iron | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Nixon Bar | Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Smith Gulch Bar | Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Brown Cub 1 & 2 & Green Spar Claims | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Bruin Creek Bar Placer | Gold, Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | Placer |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacky Foster House | 3.2 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001019 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Idaho County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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