Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“Built in 1930, the DeSmet was constructed to carry passengers on Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park. In 2017 the DeSmet was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article DeSmet (boat), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 168 National Register listings published here for Flathead County · listed in 2017 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of DESMET (boat) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SNYDER |
| 11 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Glacier National Park | INSIDE |
| 8 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SNYDER |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MCDONALD CREEK |
| 6 August 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | DUMP ROAD |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | BELTON |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | BELTON HILLS |
| 3 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Glacier National Park | OLD BRIDGE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Glacier, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2015: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flash Flood | West Glacier | $7,000,000 | The Associated Press reported 7.0 million in damages. Glacier National Park received 9.1 of rainfall in 36 hours. An additional .5 to 1.0 million in damages occurred to the park's trails. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | West Glacier | - | A rockslide was reported along US-2 just east of West Glacier, MT. The eastbound lane was blocked by softball-sized rocks. Road crews cleared debris and the road was usable again an hour later. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | West Glacier | - | The Glacier National Park RAWS reported 0.76 of rainfall in one hour. Other heavy rainfall reports include 0.78 40 min. ending 4:10 pm MDT 3 miles east of Creston and 0.65 in one hour via Hungry Horse RAWS at 6:11 pm MDT. |
| May 2013 | Flood | West Glacier | - | Minor flooding occurred to agricultural lands in the low lying areas adjacent to the middle fork of the Flathead River near West Glacier. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Glacier | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Glacier | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Flood | West Glacier | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | West Glacier | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | West Glacier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fish Creek Bay Boathouse | under 500 feet | 1996 |
 | North Fork Road | 0.4 miles | 1996 |
| Sherwood Lodge | 1.2 miles | 2008 | |
| Bull Head Lodge and Studio | 1.5 miles | 1984 | |
| Howes' Lake McDonald Cottage Sites Historic District | 1.7 miles | 2008 | |
 | Camas Creek Cutoff Road | 1.9 miles | 2014 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001896 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Flathead County | All 168 listed properties in this county. |
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