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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Broadwater County · listed in 2021 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Spokane Hill Airway Beacon
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Approximately 5 mi. northwest of Winston, Winston, 59647
- When was it listed? January 2021
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Sentinels of the Airways: Montana's Airway Beacon System, 1934-1979 MPS
- Census division. Townsend West
- National Register reference number. 100006048 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Spokane Hill Airway Beacon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Central Land Office | MRL MMP 226.5 |
| 13 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | SPOKANE BENCH |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Butte Field Office | WEST SHORE |
| 21 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | YACHT BASIN |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Butte Field Office | SPOKANEHIL |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | SPOKANE BENCH |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Spokane Hill Airway Beacon: 12 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobler | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dolly Boy | Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Grubstake | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly No. 1 Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Montana City Quarry | Limestone, General | Plant | ||
| Spokane Hills Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Acme Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Dobler Mine | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Homestead 2 Placer Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winston, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 2019 | Hail | Winston | - | Public reported hail sized 1.75 inches near Winston. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winston | - | Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near Winston. Pictures and video were provided. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Winston | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Winston 4NNW. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Flash flooding was reported in Winston, MT as a result of strong thunderstorms in the area. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | Strong winds measuring 74KT (85MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston, MT. Trees reportedly stripped of all leaves due to wind. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | High winds measuring 59KT (68MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston at the Canyon Ferry Silos. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Winston | - | Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches (approximately quarter sized) was reported at Goose Bay Marina 8 miles ENE of Winston, MT. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Winston 5SW (the Elkhorn RAWS site). |
| June 2011 | Flood | Winston | - | Emergency declaration made for Broadwater county on 6/8/11. Some homes inaccessible and area roads closed. York Island Park also flooded. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 72 mph at Winston 1NW. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 68 mph at Winston 1W. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Winston | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Winston. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Winston | - | Actual event location Winston 20 NE. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Winston | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMaster Ranch Historic District | 1.4 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006048 in Record Group 79. |
| Broadwater County | All 11 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.