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Photograph of Victor Railroad Depot
Photograph by UltraSparky, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Victor Railroad Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Victor Railroad Depot is a two-story building located in Victor, Idaho which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”

Wikipedia article Victor station (Idaho), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 70 Depot St., Victor, 83455
  • When was it listed? April 1995
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Victor
  • National Register reference number. 95000508 - 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Victor Railroad Depot between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMUD LAKE
16 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPOLE CANYON
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFOX CREEK
5 August 2018Natural2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGAME CREEK
30 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPOLE
30 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMIKESELL CANYON
3 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPINE CREEK

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Victor Railroad Depot: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Golden WestSilver, Lead, Antimony, GoldPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Mike Harris Creek Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Pole Canyon Limestone MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Moose CreekPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Trench C. Phosphate OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unidentified OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this property

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victor, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVictor$3,000Several trees reported down in the Game Creek area off of Old Jackson Highway southeast of Victor.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindVictor$2,000Power lines were reported down with damage to power pole in Victor.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVictor$1,000Wood and sheet metal horse shelter flipped over with posts snapped at ground level and trees down . In Fox Creek off of S 1000 E.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVictor$300Tents damaged and destroyed at the craft fair in Victor City Park.
June 2024FloodVictor$100Widespread rainfall amounts of 0.75 to 1.25 inches was reported in the Victor area. Road flooding reported along 6000 S and Idaho 33 and along W 6000 S and S 500 W. Water was running over Idaho 33 at milepost 146.8. Some homes were affected by water going over Idaho 33 along Fox Creek.
June 2024LightningVictor$100Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative reported a lightning strike knocked out power to several hundred customers in the areas of Idaho 33 and W 5000 S for about an hour near Victor.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindVictor-A 60 mph wind gust measured at the Pine Creek Pass ITD site.
June 2015Flash FloodVictor-Heavy rains from a thunderstorm caused several inches of water to collect on roads and residential areas in the town of Victor. No damage reports were received.
May 2014HailVictor-One inch hail fell in Victor verified by a National Weather Service employee in the area.
July 2008HailVictor-Extensive quarter sized hail near Victor.
July 2008HailVictor-Quarter sized hail in Victor.
July 2004HailVictor-no account filed
July 2004HailVictor-no account filed
June 1996HailVictor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Teton 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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Pierre's Hole 1832 Battle Area Site4.8 miles1984
Spud Drive-In Theater5.9 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000508 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Teton CountyAll 5 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.