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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 1996 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Island Park Land and Cattle Company Home Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- Address. US 20, approximately 1 mi. SW of Island Park, Island Park, 83429
- When was it listed? December 1996
- Category. district
- Census division. Island Park
- National Register reference number. 96001508 - 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
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Island Park Land and Cattle Company Home Ranch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 76 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BUFFALO |
| 18 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LYLE SPRINGS |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | NASTY |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MOONSHINE |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RIPLEY |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | GOOSE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | THURMON |
| 22 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | THURMAN RIDGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Island Park Land and Cattle Company Home Ranch: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island Park, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flood | Island Park | $10,000 | One to 2 inches of rain fell in Fremont County over a 48 hour period and caused extensive flooding. A lot of flooding in the Rea area in the Yale Creek estates and Shotgun Complex areas north of Kilgore Yale Road. Flooding reported at Island Park Village Golf Course. Rushing water flooded private roads/driveways i Pine Crest area. Red Rock Pass Road and Forest Service Road 58 washed out near Duck Creek. Yale Creek flooded across S Beaver Sprigs Rd with damage to the road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Park | $5,000 | Four trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Island Park causing roof damage and power line damage. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Park | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Park | $1,000 | Large tree down at Elk Creek Estates. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Park | $500 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew over two pine trees into a power line which started a small fire at East Pie Haven Drive in Island Park. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Park | - | The Osborne Bridge Idaho Transportation RWIS site measured 59 mph. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Island Park | - | One inch hail reported at Island Park village Resort. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Island Park | - | The public reported one inch hail in Island Park on June 28th at around 445 pm. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Island Park | - | One inch hail observed in Island Park. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Island Park | - | Several small streams exceeded bankfull. Open fields were flooded. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Island Park | - | Penny sized hail near Island Park. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Island Park | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Heavy Rain | Island Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bishop Mountain Lookout | 4.6 miles | 1986 |
| Glen and Addie Crabtree Cabin | 8.0 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001508 in Record Group 79. |
| Fremont County | All 14 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.