BlockFrom the record
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Missoula County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Guy Ressler Homestead House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ressler, Guy, Homestead House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Near Burnt Fork Cr., Huson, 59846
- When was it listed? November 2012
- Category. building
- Census division. Frenchtown-Wye
- National Register reference number. 12000980 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Guy Ressler Homestead House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 23,535 acres in total. 57 started naturally. None 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 | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SOLDIER CREEK |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | LITTLE BEAR |
| 17 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MATTIE V |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | 44 |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MONTREAL BRIDGE |
| 9 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MARTINA CREEK |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SAWPIT |
| 6 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Guy Ressler Homestead House: 19 occurrences, 9 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Pumice, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Copper Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Frances Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| La Chambre Placer Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Lucky Lode | Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Lode Prospect | Lead, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Nine Mile Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1890, 1894, 1964 | |
| Pine Creek | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Pine Creek Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| San Martina Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| San Martina Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Unknown |
Storms near this property
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huson, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Hail | Huson | - | An NWS employee measured 1 inch hail near Frenchtown. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Huson | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huson | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huson | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Huson | - | 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 12000980 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.
- 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.