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One of 92 National Register listings published here for Ravalli County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
St. Mary Peak Lookout
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. St. Mary Peak, Stevensville Ranger Dist., Bitterroot NF, Stevensville, 59870
- When was it listed? April 2018
- Category. building
- Also known as. L-4 Fire Lookouts in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1), 1932-1967 MPS
- Census division. Stevensville
- National Register reference number. 100002299 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of St. Mary Peak Lookout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,525 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 2 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 | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | MCCALLA RIDGE |
| 4 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | LITTLE SMITH |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | WARMING |
| 12 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | KOOTENAI 2 |
| 1 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | ST. MARYS |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | HIDDEN CLIFF |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | BIG CREEK |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of St. Mary Peak Lookout: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlew | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Curlew Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1887, 1891 | |
| Mccalla Creek | Titanium, Iron, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Sharrot Creek | Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Silverthorn Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Smith Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | Vein | |
| Smith Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Strife Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Whipperwill Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Starr | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stevensville, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Hail | Stevensville | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Flood | Stevensville | $60,000 | Kootenai Creek flooded from heavy rain and snow melt washing a bridge out. Minor small stream flooding was reported elsewhere in the county. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | $25,000 | A weather station at the Stevensville Airport reported the gust to 66 mph originating out of the northwest. Multiple power line and pole issues were reported in the northern Ravalli County due to the winds. It appears that the Stevensville area was the furthest south extent of the derecho winds, while the Missoula area took a direct hit. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved across the Burnt Fork area near Stevensville during the evening hours and blew the roof off of a building. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | $15,000 | A strong thunderstorm moved through Ravalli County, snapping numerous trees four to eight feet above the ground. The trees were willows, poplars, and cottonwoods. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stevensville | - | Several reports of 1.00 inch hail. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | A fence with 5 x 5 inch posts was blown down. Wind estimates near 60 mph. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Stevensville | - | A person from the public reported 0.50 of rainfall that fell in 15 minutes. A person from Florence measured 0.74 that fell in 15 minutes as well. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | An amateur radio operator reported a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Stevensville | - | A trained spotter reported 1 1/2 inch diameter hail with a passing storm. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | Public reported wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. Several large tree brnaches were broken off trees in the area. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | A tree was blown onto a house in Stevensville. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Heavy Rain | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Stevensville | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevensville | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DeNayer House | 6.6 miles | 1994 |
 | Thornton Hospital | 6.6 miles | 1991 |
| St. Mary's Mission Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 6.9 miles | 2010 | |
| Perry Foust House | 7.0 miles | 1991 | |
| Stevensville Mercantile Company Oil Storage Building | 7.0 miles | 1991 | |
 | Fort Owen | 7.0 miles | 1970 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002299 in Record Group 79. |
| Ravalli County | All 92 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.
- 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.