Built in 1915. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The Big Arm School is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located northwest of Polson, Montana. It was added to the Register on August 16, 2007.”
Wikipedia article Big Arm School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1915.
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 195 fires within 5 miles of Big Arm School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,639 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 10 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 97 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | J-2000#3 |
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | J-2000#2 |
| 6 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE 9 |
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE KNOB |
| 4 September 2001 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Flathead Agency | BIGARM |
| 26 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE#10 |
| 23 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE 174 |
| 20 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE 9 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Big Arm School: 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Cliff Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chief Cliff Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Silverstone Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Building Stone | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Arm, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Arm | $10,000 | Numerous tree damage led to power outages and blocked roadways. Damage was noted on both sides of Flathead Lake, but damage was most concentrated near Polson, Dayton, and Finley Point. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Big Arm | - | A photo on social media showed several hailstones that were a little larger than a quarter. Also hail was reported to have accumulated several inches in the storm's path. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Big Arm | - | The public measured 1.00 inch hail that covered the ground. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Big Arm | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Big Arm | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dayton State Bank | 4.8 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000816 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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