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One of 90 National Register listings published here for Missoula County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1933.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Double Arrow Lookout
Built in 1933. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Approx. 3 mi. SW of Seeley Lake, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake, 59868
- When was it listed? January 2018
- Category. building
- Also known as. L-4 Fire Lookouts in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1), 1932-1967 MPS
- Census division. Seeley Lake-Blackfoot Valley
- When was it built? 1933
- National Register reference number. 100002041 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
461 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Double Arrow Lookout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 126 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 71 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27 |
| Fireworks | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | LOGGER BEAVER |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | SOUTH HIGHLAND |
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BRUCE IN THE DUFF |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | PLACID LAKE ROAD |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | LOOPING DREW CREEK |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HORSETRAIL |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BIG RICE |
Storms near this property
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seeley Lake, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | $60,000 | Multiple trees of varying thicknesses were either blown over or snapped in the Lake Alva campground. One spruce tree larger than 20 inches in diameter fell lengthwise onto a camper, totaling the trailer but sparing an infant in a bassinet. Another camper was also damaged as a tree fell lengthwise onto it but no one was injured. Property damage of both campers was estimated to be sixty thousand dollars. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Seeley Lake | $15,000 | Increasing water levels in Seeley Lake, as well as a rising water table lead to flooding of 15 to 20 homes. Most of the flooding occurred on the southwest side of Seeley Lake near C Street where water had surrounded 10 to 15 homes. Several homes in the town of Seeley Lake also had groundwater-filled basements. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | $5,000 | The Missoula 911 dispatch reported multiple trees and power lines down on Whitetail Dr and Dolly Varden Dr. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | Several lodgepole pine trees were blown over and hail up to one inch were reported with this storm. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Seeley Lake | - | Homes and buildings adjacent to Seeley Lake and the Clearwater River were impacted by flooding. Thirteen homes in the Seeley Lake region were under evacuation orders. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | Over 100 trees were blown down between 7 and 14 miles north of Seeley lake. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | Hail was reported at Big Sky Lake. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | The public measured 1.00 inch hail near Salmon Lake. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | Public reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | Estimated wind gusts to 60 mph blew down a large tree down onto the deck of the house and also knocked down powerlines. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | Many trees were blown down, some falling onto a cars and homes. A 100-year-old windmill was blown over. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | Many trees were blown down, some falling onto a cars and homes. A 100-year-old windmill was blown over. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Seeley Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seeley Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Paxson Boy Scout Camp (24MO77) | 1.7 miles | 1986 | |
 | Double Arrow Lodge | 3.6 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002041 in Record Group 79. |
| Missoula County | All 90 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.
- 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.