Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“Jefferson County Courthouse is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Boulder, Montana. It was added to the Register on August 6, 1980.”
Wikipedia article Jefferson County Courthouse (Montana), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson County Courthouse between 1994 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butte Field Office | BOOMERANG |
| 22 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | POORE |
| 12 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PORCUPINE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | FREE ENTERPRISE MINE |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | BOULDER POWERLINE |
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 6 August 1998 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BOULDER HOT SPRINGS |
| 23 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MCCARTY CREEK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson County Courthouse: 34 past producers, 8 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon District | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | VEIN, SHEAR ZONE | |
| Amazon Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Amazon Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Baltimore | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Baltimore Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Boulder District-Montana | Lead, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Boulder Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Comstock | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Fairview Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Wildfire | Boulder | 2 hurt | High Ore/Boulder Hill fire, 12604 acres burned, cause unknown. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Boulder | - | Trainer spotter reported hail falling between dime and quarter size. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Boulder | - | A trained spotter reports hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter 5 miles NNW of Whitehall at 5:26 PM MST. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boulder | - | Mesonet station in Boulder reported 58-mph peak gust from thunderstorm. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Boulder | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail near Boulder. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Boulder | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Boulder. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Boulder | - | Dime sized hail reported by spotter in the town of Boulder. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State Training School Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2014 | |
 | Montana Deaf and Dumb Asylum | 1.0 miles | 1985 |
 | Boulder Hot Springs Hotel | 2.8 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002422 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jefferson County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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