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Photograph of Double Arrow Ranch
Photograph by Montanabw, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Double Arrow Lodge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

From the record

“Double Arrow Ranch and Double Arrow Resort, is located about a mile south from the community of Seeley Lake, Montana and likewise from Seeley Lake itself. The rustic-style lodge building was built during 1929-1930.”

Wikipedia article Double Arrow Lodge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Missoula County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 301 Lodge Way, Seeley Lake, 59868
  • When was it listed? November 2014
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Seeley Lake-Blackfoot Valley
  • National Register reference number. 14000958 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

466 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 466 fires within 5 miles of Double Arrow Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 123 started naturally. 4 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
Natural123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Debris and open burning90
Recreation and ceremony77
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Fireworks19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSOUTH HIGHLAND
7 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestBRUCE IN THE DUFF
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeLOOPING DREW CREEK
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHORSETRAIL
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBIG RICE
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWHITETAIL DRIVE

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Double Arrow Lodge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Susan MineSilver, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Missoula County

Storms near this property

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seeley Lake, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake$60,000Multiple trees of varying thicknesses were either blown over or snapped in the Lake Alva campground. One spruce tree larger than 20 inches in diameter fell lengthwise onto a camper, totaling the trailer but sparing an infant in a bassinet. Another camper was also damaged as a tree fell lengthwise onto it but no one was injured. Property damage of both campers was estimated to be sixty thousand dollars.
April 2018FloodSeeley Lake$15,000Increasing water levels in Seeley Lake, as well as a rising water table lead to flooding of 15 to 20 homes. Most of the flooding occurred on the southwest side of Seeley Lake near C Street where water had surrounded 10 to 15 homes. Several homes in the town of Seeley Lake also had groundwater-filled basements.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake$5,000The Missoula 911 dispatch reported multiple trees and power lines down on Whitetail Dr and Dolly Varden Dr.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-Several lodgepole pine trees were blown over and hail up to one inch were reported with this storm.
May 2018FloodSeeley Lake-Homes and buildings adjacent to Seeley Lake and the Clearwater River were impacted by flooding. Thirteen homes in the Seeley Lake region were under evacuation orders.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-Over 100 trees were blown down between 7 and 14 miles north of Seeley lake.
June 2011HailSeeley Lake-Hail was reported at Big Sky Lake.
June 2011HailSeeley Lake-The public measured 1.00 inch hail near Salmon Lake.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-Public reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-Estimated wind gusts to 60 mph blew down a large tree down onto the deck of the house and also knocked down powerlines.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-Many trees were blown down, some falling onto a cars and homes. A 100-year-old windmill was blown over. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
August 1995HailSeeley Lake-Many trees were blown down, some falling onto a cars and homes. A 100-year-old windmill was blown over. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2004HailSeeley Lake-no account filed
July 2004HailSeeley Lake-no account filed
July 2004HailSeeley Lake-no account filed
September 2004Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-no account filed
May 1998HailSeeley Lake-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSeeley Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missoula County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Double Arrow Lookout3.6 miles2018
Camp Paxson Boy Scout Camp (24MO77)3.8 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14000958 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Missoula CountyAll 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.