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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Rosebud County · listed in 2024 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Head Chief-Young Mule Charge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- Address. Immediately east of Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer, 59043
- When was it listed? August 2024
- Category. site
- Census division. Northern Cheyenne Reservation
- National Register reference number. 100010680 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
699 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 699 fires within 5 miles of Head Chief-Young Mule Charge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,094 acres in total. 155 started naturally. 71 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 | 155 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 135 |
| Fireworks | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Other causes | 15 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BADGER |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BAPTIST |
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | MATCH BOOK |
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | ALDEN |
| 8 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | COWBOY CAMP |
| 8 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | EAST SIDE 3 |
| 7 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | ICECREAM |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | LITTLEWOLF |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Head Chief-Young Mule Charge: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lame Deer, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Mesonet bafm8 Badger Peak. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Reported by local mesonet weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Gust estimated by trained spotter. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | Hail 1 inch in diameter. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | The public reported a semi-truck blown over on Highway 212 near Lame Deer. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | Hen egg size hail did damage to cars and car windshields on Birney Divide. |
| February 2012 | Flood | Lame Deer | - | County officials reported that minor flooding occurred across portions of Southern Rosebud County. Up to an inch of rain had fallen along with several inches of snow over the higher hills. The rain falling on frozen ground, combined with snow melt, resulted in minor flooding of low lying areas. Several ice jams were reported on Rosebud, Lame Deer and Muddy Creeks resulting in water over the roads in some locations, as well as the main road in the town of Birney. In addition, an ice jam was reported on the Tongue River and Hanging Woman Creek north and west of Birney. One rancher had to rescue calves from a flooded area. Another rancher had a chicken coup flooded killing 4 hens, as well as a stranded horse. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Lame Deer | - | Highway 212 was closed on Lame Deer Divide due to the road sliding down a hill. Significant lowland flooding was also reported along Rosebud Creek. Sandbagging efforts were required on the Tongue River to avoid flooding of homes in the St Labre and Ashland areas. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported 15 miles south of Colstrip. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in Lame Deer. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lame Deer | - | Lame Deer was under 3 to 4 feet of water, with homes flooded, people stranded, and a propane tank floating in the street. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Power lines and trees down. Severe wind gusts occurred for a period of 20 minutes. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Measure by RAWS |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | Windows broken out of house |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Shingles blown off roof |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Car port with 18 inch anchors blown over and crops flattened |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | Shingles blown off roof |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | RAWS station at Badger Peak reported a wind gust of 62 mph. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | 73 mph thunderstorm wind gust from a RAWS station at Badger Peak. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Lame Deer | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010680 in Record Group 79. |
| Rosebud County | All 22 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.