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Photograph of Reese Creek School
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Reese Creek School

Built in 1906. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

From the record

“The Reese Creek School in Gallatin County, Montana, northeast of Belgrade, Montana, is a one-room schoolhouse which was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.”

Wikipedia article Reese Creek School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 104 National Register listings published here for Gallatin County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1906.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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. 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
  • When was it built? 1906
  • National Register reference number. 81000342 - 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Reese Creek School between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDRY FORK
18 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
15 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestN. COTTONWOOD
12 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestTOM CREEK
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestREESE
11 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestCORBLY CREEK
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin County201043
14 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reese Creek School: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Uranium. 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
Bear Creek PumicitePumiceOccurrence
Corbly GulchUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this property

26 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000WildfireBelgrade3 hurt, $160,000Maudlow/Toston fire - included Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued from August.
August 2000WildfireBelgrade3 hurt, $160,000Maudlow/Toston fire - included southeast Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued past August 31.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 66 mph wind gust.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a severe gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 kt gust. Blowing dust was also reported.
May 2023Funnel CloudBelgrade-Funnel cloud reported near Belgrade Softball Complex. Time and location estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Prolonged severe convective wind event recorded at KBZN ASOS. Severe wind gusts lasted for nearly 20 minutes.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Asos kbzn Bozeman Yellowstone Airport.
July 2021HailBelgrade-Trained spotter at 5 SE Belgrade reported 3/4 inch diameter hail.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A medium sized out building was flipped over by thunderstorm wind gusts, some tree damage was reported as well.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Trained spotter measured a 52 kt (60 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Non-Thunderstorm wind gust report from Belgrade. ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone airport.
August 2019HailBelgrade-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 2013HailBelgrade-Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 4 miles ESE of Belgrade, MT.
June 2010HailBelgrade-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 2009Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Belgrade 1NE (the Bozeman ASOS site).
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at the Bozeman ASOS site.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A wind gust to 60 mph was reported at Belgrade.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Gallatin Field Airport (Belgrade 1E).
August 2004HailBelgrade-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-no account filed
June 1999HailBelgrade-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallatin 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

3 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
Springhill School3.3 miles1981
Dry Creek School7.0 miles1981
Pass Creek School7.2 miles1981

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 81000342 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gallatin CountyAll 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.