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One of 20 National Register listings published here for Powell County · listed in 1981 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fitzpatrick Ranch Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- Address. NW of Avon, Avon, 59713
- When was it listed? July 1981
- Category. district
- Census division. Helmville
- National Register reference number. 81000365 - 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
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick Ranch Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | WET COTTONWOOD 2013 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | JEFFERSON CREEK 2 |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SHELDON CREEK |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | GALLAGHER CREEK |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GALLAGHER CREEK |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CLEAR CREEK |
| 4 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | NEVADA CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick Ranch Historic District: 12 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| All Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Belmont Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Buffalo Gulch | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Gulch | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Gulch Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Charles Pryse Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Chicken Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| G and G Toole Placer | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this property
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $30,000 | A very large right-moving supercell tracked east-northeast from Goldcreek to north of Avon bringing with it large hail, severe winds and heavy rain. A rancher 5 miles north of Avon reported a totaled barn, several trees that were either uprooted or broken in half. One of those trees uprooted was a 24 cottonwood. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Avon | $13,000 | A very large right-moving supercell unleashed up to ping pong sized hail that decimated a four to five foot tall hay crop. The hail covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches in spots. At least 10 windows were broken. Paint was chipped off from homes. Other damage included a greenhouse roof, vehicle windows and vegetation. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Avon | $3,000 | A very large right-moving supercell brought hail and wind damage to ranchers north of Avon. A rancher reported up to half dollar sized hail that brought considerable damage to their hay crop, and windows. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Avon | $2,000 | A member of the public reported hail stones that that were between quarter and golfball in size. Damage to a couple of cars was observed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $1,000 | A very large supercell brought estimated 60 mph wind gusts that caused several trees to either uproot or break in half. Most of the trees fell in an easterly direction. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Avon | $500 | A member of the public reported one inch hail, which caused small damages to vehicles. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | A line of thunderstorms marched northward across west-central Montana with gusty outflow winds. A gust of 59 mph occurred between Avon and Finn along Highway 141. Similar gusts occurred across the Windy Rock Fire southwest of Finn. No damage was noted. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | The Montana DOT weather sensor north of Avon, MT reported a gust of 60 mph between 9:38pm MDT and 9:45pm MDT. Sustained winds at this time were 49 mph. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Avon | - | A fencing company in Avon reported one inch hail. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | Montana Department of Transportation weather station on Highway 141 near Avon recorded peak wind gust of 63 mph. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Avon | - | 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 81000365 in Record Group 79. |
| Powell County | All 20 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.