BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dr. Don L. Byam House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Byam, Dr. Don L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Main St., Nevada City, 59755
- When was it listed? March 2002
- Category. building
- Census division. Virginia City
- National Register reference number. 02000103 - 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
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Dr. Don L. Byam House between 1994 and 2017, burning about 159 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELKHORN CITY |
| 5 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HUNGRY HOLLOW |
| 10 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ALDER GULCH |
| 4 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BROWNS GULCH |
| 26 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 145 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SUN RISER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Dr. Don L. Byam House: 46 past producers, 11 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Gulch - Virginia City | Gold, Garnet | Past Producer | 1863, 1925 | |
| Alfreda Mine | Manganese, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| California Gulch | Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown | ||
| Fortune Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golconda | Copper, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Mapleton Mine | Gold, Silver, Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sampson Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Winnetka Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Alameda and Bamboo Chief | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finney House | under 500 feet | 2002 | |
 | Madison Courthouse | 1.5 miles | 1966 |
| Grace Methodist Church | 1.5 miles | 1966 |
 | Saint Mary of the Assumption | 7.5 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000103 in Record Group 79. |
| Madison County | All 18 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.