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12 National Register listings published here.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Dawson County, Montana
35 topographic sheets cover 22 settlements here, and 12 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 154 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 12 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 10 buildings and 2 structures.
- 1 of the 12 listings was added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 22 populated places in this county; 22 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
12Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Route Creek Bridge | structure | 2011 | 11000224 | |
 | Bell Street Bridge | structure | 1988 | 87002517 |
 | Blackstock Residence | building | 1988 | 87002515 |
 | Dion Block | building | 1988 | 87002508 |
 | First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage | building | 1988 | 87002513 |
 | Glendive City Water Filtration Plant | building | 1988 | 87002512 |
 | Glendive Heat, Light and Power Company Power Plant | building | 1988 | 87002511 |
 | Charles Krug House | building | 1976 | 76001122 |
| McCone Residence | building | 1988 | 87002509 | |
 | Northern Pacific Railroad Settling Tanks | building | 1988 | 87002507 |
 | Sacred Heart Church | building | 1988 | 87002504 |
 | US Post Office | building | 1988 | 87002503 |
Wildfire, 1994 to 2020
99 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 99 of them, burning about 7,946 acres. 13 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | 3,164 acres | Miles City Field Office | 3 MILE |
| 9 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,192 acres | Eastern Land Office | WHEAT |
| 17 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 747 acres | Eastern Land Office | WOLFF |
| 14 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 480 acres | Miles City Field Office | CEDAR CREEK |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Eastern Land Office | MAKOSHIKA |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 287 acres | Eastern Land Office | BRUSH COULEE |
| 15 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 246 acres | Eastern Land Office | CRACKER BOX |
| 18 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 240 acres | Eastern Land Office | SEVENMILE |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1953 to 2025
60 of 544 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 544 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 3 injuries and about $8,429,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 243 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 239 |
| Flood | 17 |
| Tornado | 15 |
| Flash Flood | 10 |
| Heavy Rain | 10 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 |
| Lightning | 3 |
| Wildfire | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Lightning | Glendive Dawson Arpt | 1 killed | Dawson County DES Coordinator reported a 65 year old woman struck and killed by lightning while walking along Airport Road west of Glendive. |
| June 1961 | Tornado | not stated | 1 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | 1 hurt, $380,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Glendive | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $2,500,000 | The National Weather Service in Glasgow conducted a damage survey in Glendive on July 28, 2015 following a significant severe thunderstorm that hit the evening before coming in from the southwest. NWS staff met with county and city officials before and after the survey to be briefed and brief them on what was discovered. The event was a macroburst (large scale straight line wind event) with some microburst components in between. | There were not enough time and resources to enter the various neighborhoods that were impacted, and due to the number of trees and power lines down, it was not safe to try and go around these areas where crews were working. In order to best evaluate the wind speeds, the structures with the most damage were focused on as recommended by the Emergency Operations Center staff. Several dozen homes were viewed though, and the damage was generally due to trees and branches lost, or shingles torn off of roofs. That includes trees in homes or on cars, some partially blown off roofs, and trailer homes or semi-trailers blown over. The damage survey started with the power lines west-northwest of town on Highway 200, then to the Glendive airport, Seven Mile Drive, back through town on Highway 200S, up Merrill Ave and then up Highway 16 north to Sidney for 10 miles. | Access to the large metal truss electrical transmission towers west-northwest of town on Highway 200S was not possible due to the extreme mud conditions. There were at least 5 noted as having crumbled toward the ground. Further investigation will have to be done with the owner of the structures as to the age of these towers, but at minimum the winds wouldve been 120 mph. There are also numerous wooden poles snapped at the bases and part way up along Highway 200. The NWS will get total numbers from utility providers once they have a chance to assess all the damage. |At the airport, winds were gusting to 90 mph last night on an anemometer on top of the terminal roof. The winds tore the anemometer off the roof though, so a peak wind was not measured. The FAA AWOS station that is the official observing equipment for the airport lost power, and a maximum gust was not received from it either. There was a large cottonwood tree that was uprooted near the terminal building. There were three metal roof/siding airplane hangars damaged. One was completely destroyed, and the other two had the metal roofing peeled back/off. The one that was destroyed wasnt cemented into the ground and the posts easily ripped out of the ground when the wind blew against it. All the debris was blown towards the north-northeast. The winds are estimated at 90 to 95 mph at this location. |The next stop was on Highway 200S just southeast of the Interstate turnoff. Significant damage occurred to a large metal building. The failure point was two large garage doors that face southwest. There is nothing to stop the wind as it rolls through the valley towards it. The garage doors blew in, and the roof blew off. One of the employees mentioned that sheet metal from another building southwest of them was blown towards their building. The impact of that metal hitting the doors may have helped cause the doors to fail and be blown in. This metal building had solid steel I-Beams in the ceiling that were bent back where the roof peeled back. Power poles with transformers on them were snapped off near this facility and just east-southeast of it. The transformers are pretty heavy and the resistance and weight of them against the wind made them easy targets to be snapped. All the debris was blown in a north-northeasterly direction. Between the building and the power poles, winds at this location are estimated to have been around 100 to 110 mph.|7 Mile Drive was next. There were many homes with shingles peeled off, and large trees split and large branches down, metal buildings damaged and sheet metal blown around. A few power poles were also snapped. We stopped at an office building and a newer, well-built warehouse after noticing the garage doors on the warehouse were bent out. There was also some insulation missing on a portion of a wall. They had already cleaned up the south side doors, which had blown in as the winds came off the hill and crumbled some of the north side doors. There was very little noticeable roof damage, which is something you will often see with garage doors blowing in, a testament to how well the building was built and the steel I-beams used in the trusses. Winds at this location are estimated at 100-105 mph. |Another metal building structure was viewed south of the interstate off of 7 Mile Drive. A large overhead door that faces south was blown in and the roof right above it peeled off and blown to the north. On the north side of the building, the majority of the roof (with wooden trusses) was either collapsed into the building or blown north-northeastward. Winds at this location are estimated at 95 to 100 mph.|As we went down Highway 200S into downtown, the most notable damage was tree branches down. We went down Marsh Road, and there were a lot of trees damaged in that area from 1 to 3 miles south of town. House damage was generally due to branches falling on them or against them. Heading north on Merrill Ave, tree damage was the most noticed damage, specifically near the high school football field. A large blue spruce was noted down near I-94 and roof damage with shingles and fascia torn off were noted on a new hotel at that location. Winds in this portion of town are estimated to have been 80-90 mph. |We continued north on Highway 16 towards Sidney. The number of damaged trees and sheds quickly reduced as we headed north and by 10 miles we were really looking hard to see any damage. At four miles north of town, there was a home with a new barn that had all but the west wall collapse. With no one home, we did not go out into the field to assess the barn closer, but it was newly built. Winds at this point are estimated at 100 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $2,000,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms roared through the Glendive area and caused extensive damage. A National Weather Service storm survey was conducted, and it was determined that although there may have been funnel clouds in the area, all of the damage was caused by straight line winds of around 100 mph. The team first surveyed the damage just north of downtown, along the east bank of the Yellowstone River. Two trees, the largest of which was a 44 year old pine, were uprooted at a residence. Both trees were pushed leaning northeast onto and partially through the exterior wall and roof of the house. Throughout this area of the city, there were numerous other trees and branches taken down by the storm. Widespread damage was observed throughout the West park area, across the Yellowstone River from downtown. Within the park, numerous trees and tree branches of 1 to 2 feet in diameter were uprooted and snapped. Not far from the park, the roof of an auto shop sustained heavy damage. On the southwest side of the Glendive area, a large, healthy tree with a 32-inch diameter trunk uprooted and fell through the corner of a residence, with the main trunk entering through the wall and roof of a bedroom. Farther southwest in the Berry subdivision, an entire garage of a residence appeared entirely dismantled by the winds, with some of the debris observed as far as a half mile downwind. The southwest side of one of the hangers at the Dawson County Community Airport was destroyed when large pieces of the exterior walls and sheet metal roof were blown out. A small plane and classic car both sustained heavy damage. From the airport, two large towers, carrying main power lines on a ridge between Dry Creek and Highway 200-S could be seen knocked down. More damage was observed to garages and roofing on Highway 200-S a few miles to the west of town. Another large tree also fell on a house in the Forest Park area. The wind speed was measured at 91 mph at the Glendive AWOS, and twenty minutes later the wind was still gusting to 75 mph, suggestive of sustained-duration, straight line winds. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $250,000 | A severe thunderstorm brought damaging winds and hail to central portions of Dawson County. The areas hardest hit extended from Lindsay to Bloomfield. In many areas crops were a total loss. Several barns were blown down damaging equipment and machinery. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | $200,000 | The area from about 10 miles southeast of Richey to 2 miles southeast of Bloomfield had approximately 12,000 acres of crop damage and high winds that caused some grain hoppers to be blown over. A grain hopper near county road 515 was completely toppled over and rolled about 150 to 200 yards downstream. Two miles southeast of Bloomfield, there were 5 grain hoppers that weigh 5,500 pound each, and two of the hoppers were toppled over. The crop damage was due to hail reported up to 1.5 inches in diameter with winds in the 40 to 60 mph range that lasted for 30 to 45 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Glendive | $112,000 | Thunderstorms which produced up to 4 inches of rainfall caused the water in the Glendive Creek approximately 6 miles east of Glendive to go from 6 inches deep and 6 feet wide to approximately 12 feet deep and nearly 100 feet wide. The water crossed old Highway 10. About 6 miles northeast of Glendive a bridge on Belle Prairie Road was washed out as well as a culvert on Road 311. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindsay | $75,000 | The damaging downburst winds that occurred in McCone County continued into Dawson County. Several farms along Highway 200 had significant damage to outbuildings, and well as to equipment. Crops were 100 percent destroyed in a 1 to 5 mile wide swath from 12 miles northwest of Lindsay to the town of Lindsay. A home in Linsday also had the roof blown off. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Bloomfield | $62,000 | Hail ranged from quarter size to two inches. Southwest side of home received window and vinyl siding damage. Double paned windows shattered on living room floor. Trees on property shredded from hail. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Glendive | $50,000 | Ice moved into the Glendive area overnight on March 9-10. The ice jammed in Glendive causing the water to rise over 8 feet in less than 15 minutes. The jam caused water and ice to flow across the Marsh Road just southwest of town, and it also took out several power poles. The ice jam further impacted the town as water and ice filled into the Toepke Park baseball/softball complex. At least one 1,000 gallon propane tank was lifted from its base and floated down river. The USGS gauge in Glendive peaked at 57.29 feet, but the ice caused a large area of low-land flooding downstream of the gauge for the next 36 hours. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindsay | $50,000 | Eight grain bins were destroyed by the strong wind. There was wind damage with lots of fences blown down. An old and vacant county school was destroyed. A calf shelter was picked up and moved by the strong wind. A four wheel drive tractor was moved about 100 feet. A round bale was blown into a vehicle causing body damage and the windshield to be broken. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Glendive | $50,000 | Water was reported over several roads. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $30,000 | Sixty mile an hour winds downed trees and power lines across the city of Glendive. |
| August 1987 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1975 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $20,000 | Two homes on County Road 256 had wind damage to their roofs, siding, and gutters. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $20,000 | Strong downburst winds caused damage to a roof on a farm. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Glendive | $11,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $10,000 | A portion of a roof in downtown Glendive was torn off. The 30 foot by 30 foot section of roofing was blown into the building next door. The highest measured winds at the Glendive Airport were from the south-southwest at 28 mph gusting to 38 mph, a direction this area doesn't see often with winds. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lindsay | $10,000 | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell for 10 minutes. The hail broke the windshield of a truck and damaged the roof of a house. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Glendive | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Lindsay | $5,000 | Hail stones caused dents on an exposed camper. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bloomfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1991 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew over a small steel building onto a flatbed trailer. Large hay bales were blown around and trees were blown over. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $1,000 | Large tree branches were snapped and blown across the yard. Lawn furniture was blown 30 feet. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Glendive | $1,000 | The hail caused the window in a home to crack. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindsay | $1,000 | 60 mph wind blew shingles off roof 10 miles south of Lindsay. |
| June 1953 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| February 2025 | Flood | Glendive | - | Emergency Manager for Dawson County reported minor flooding occurred with this event. However, the flooding occurred quickly as the river stage spiked to 55.15 feet, or 1.65 feet above (minor) Flood stage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | Reported at the Bloomfield, MT station. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Lindsay Divide Dot | - | Public reported hen egg size hail. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindsay Divide Dot | - | A wind gust of 68 mph was measured at the Lindsay Divide MT-200 DOT site (MTLND). |
| July 2025 | Flood | Intake | - | Dawson County Emergency Manager reported water flowing over Highway 16 due to heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive Dawson Arpt | - | The Glendive Airport (AWOS station KGDV) recorded a 62 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive Dawson Arpt | - | The Glendive Airport (AWOS station KGDV) recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | Public reported hail lasting about 20 minutes. The largest hail stones were hen egg size. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, quarter size hail and heavy rain. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, quarter size hail. Size estimated from photo. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Glendive | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters lasting for at least 15 minutes and heavy rain. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive Dawson Arpt | - | The Glendive Airport (AWOS station KGDV) recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive Dawson Arpt | - | The Glendive Airport ASOS (KGDV) measured a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Bloomfield Mesonet Station (GW0525). |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site (G0525) measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | The BLM Glendive mesonet site (MTM28) measured a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | The Glendive Airport ASOS (KGDV) measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, a neighbors tree leaning on a home. The tree had a trunk diameter of 1 to 2 ft. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Hill Dot | - | The Beaver Hill I-94 DOT site (MTBVR) measured a 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, a portion of the roof at the Town Pump Gas Station was torn off, damaging some vehicles and a gas pump. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Dawson County DES sent an image of a warehouse building with portions of the wall ripped off. The building was made from sheet metal material. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | The BLM Glendive mesonet site (MTM28) measured a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Public, via Facebook, sent a video with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The wind snapped 4 to 6 inch branches off a tree. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, a 70mph thunderstorm wind gust. A picture was submitted of a tree with a 5 foot diameter trunk that fell on a vehicle. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendive | - | Public reported, via Facebook, a picture of a tree at least 2 feet in diameter that was uprooted in a yard. |
Mines and quarries
8 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 8 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 5 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 8 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Highway Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crisafulli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cristafulli Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ed's Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gene Wood Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knoll Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lanestaff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Glendive Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
22Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Colgate
Glendive census division · 59330 · On Forbill Creek · Forest Park quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Corral Creek
Richey census division · 59215 · Olson Coulee North quadrangle
6 sheets, 1954 to 1983
No longer a settlement
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Curry
Glendive census division · 59330 · On Griffith Creek · Glendive quadrangle
8 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Forest Park
Glendive census division · 59330 · On Dry Creek · Forest Park quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Glendive
Glendive census division · 59330 · Near Graveyard Coulee · Glendive quadrangle
8 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Landtsheim
Glendive census division · 59330 · Forest Park quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
No longer a settlement
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Lufboro
Glendive census division · 59330 · Savage SW quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
No longer a settlement
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Mink
Richey census division · 59215 · Olson Coulee South quadrangle
6 sheets, 1954 to 1983
No longer a settlement
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Paxton
Richey census division · 59259 · Buffalo Creek NE quadrangle
5 sheets, 1954 to 1983
No longer a settlement
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Red Top
Richey census division · 59315 · On North Fork Thirteenmile Creek · Red Top quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Stipek
Richey census division · 59330 · On Threemile School (historical) · Stipek quadrangle
7 sheets, 1909 to 1981
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Union
Richey census division · 59339 · Union School quadrangle
6 sheets, 1954 to 1983
No longer a settlement
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West Glendive
Glendive census division · 59330 · On Dry Creek · Glendive quadrangle
8 sheets, 1909 to 1981
The vanished settlements of Dawson County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.