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One of 35 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 2025 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Gardiner Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Milepost 0.1 on U.S. Highway 89/Second Street, Gardiner, 59030
- When was it listed? February 2025
- Category. structure
- Census division. Gardiner-Cooke City
- National Register reference number. 100011446 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Gardiner Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,268 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Park County | GARDINER |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | 15 acres | Yellowstone National Park | RAINBOW |
| 13 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BRANDING IRON |
| 12 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | POW WOW |
| 10 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | PLUMBER |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | CLAGETT |
| 10 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LITTLE TRAIL CREEK |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 37 acres | Yellowstone National Park | DECKARD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Gardiner Bridge: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| First Chance | Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gardiner Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Travertine | |
| Gardiner Travertine Quarry | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Saw | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Hazel | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Jardine | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Tungsten, Copper, Lead | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Jardine Mine | Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Jardine-Crevasse Mountain Districts | Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1862, 1866 |
Storms near this property
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardiner, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 wildfire. 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 2001 | Wildfire | Gardiner | - | Little Joe Fire--Gallatin National ForestDate Started: August 24, 2001Cause of Ignition: LightningLocation: 20 miles east of Gardiner, MontanaSize: 860 acresContained: September 3rd, 2001Cost: $3 million |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gardiner Jail | under 500 feet | 2015 |
 | North Entrance Road Historic District | 2.0 miles | 2002 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011446 in Record Group 79. |
| Park County | All 35 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.