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One of 104 National Register listings published here for Gallatin County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pass Creek School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. NE of Belgrade, Belgrade, 59714
- When was it listed? July 1981
- Category. building
- Also known as. One Room Schoolhouses of Gallatin County TR
- Census division. Belgrade
- National Register reference number. 81000341 - 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
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Pass Creek School between 1998 and 2019, burning about 621 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACKTAIL |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACKTAIL |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACKTAIL |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | JOHNSON CANYON |
| 22 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MILL CREEK |
| 14 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | JOHNSON CREEPER |
| 1 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACKTAIL |
| 4 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FELIX |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pass Creek School: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Pit Adit Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Mkb #7 Adit | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Pass Creek Mine | Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite | |
| September Morn Mine | Lead, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Sheridan | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lower Cooper Adit | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| September Morn Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Upper Cooper Adit Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belgrade, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 wildfire, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Wildfire | Belgrade | 3 hurt, $160,000 | Maudlow/Toston fire - included Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued from August. |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Belgrade | 3 hurt, $160,000 | Maudlow/Toston fire - included southeast Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued past August 31. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 66 mph wind gust. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a severe gust. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 kt gust. Blowing dust was also reported. |
| May 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Belgrade | - | Funnel cloud reported near Belgrade Softball Complex. Time and location estimated. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | Prolonged severe convective wind event recorded at KBZN ASOS. Severe wind gusts lasted for nearly 20 minutes. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | Asos kbzn Bozeman Yellowstone Airport. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Belgrade | - | Trained spotter at 5 SE Belgrade reported 3/4 inch diameter hail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | A medium sized out building was flipped over by thunderstorm wind gusts, some tree damage was reported as well. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | Trained spotter measured a 52 kt (60 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | Non-Thunderstorm wind gust report from Belgrade. ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone airport. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Belgrade | - | A member of the public posted images of quarter to golf ball sized hail (1 to 1.5 inches in diameter) on the KBZK Facebook page. The time was estimated by radar. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Belgrade | - | Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 4 miles ESE of Belgrade, MT. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Belgrade | - | A thunderstorm dropped 2.75 inch diameter hail at Belgrade 4ESE. Hail damage was particularly severe in Bozeman. Montana State University reported up to 1000 windows damaged on campus with a repair estimate in excess of $100,000. The city of Bozeman also reported cleaning up nearly 5 tons of debris consisting of tress and tree limbs. State Farm representatives estimate that Gallatin Valley residents will submit a total of $60 million in claims resulting from the storm. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Belgrade 1NE (the Bozeman ASOS site). |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at the Bozeman ASOS site. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was reported at Belgrade. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Gallatin Field Airport (Belgrade 1E). |
| August 2004 | Hail | Belgrade | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belgrade | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Belgrade | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Reese Creek School | 7.2 miles | 1981 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000341 in Record Group 79. |
| Gallatin County | All 104 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.