BlockFrom the record
One of 104 National Register listings published here for Gallatin County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ruby Theatre
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 212 Main St., Three Forks, 59752
- When was it listed? April 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Three Forks
- National Register reference number. 82003169 - 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
24 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ruby Theatre between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,409 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead County | 201066 |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | 201056 |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Gallatin County | CIRCLE S |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 29 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | WILLOW CREEK |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LYONS FACE |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | 202063 |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ruby Theatre: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gold, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan-Madison River Ash | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Silica Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Three Forks Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| B & N Portable Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Forks, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Three Forks | - | Flooding near Three Forks closed Old Town Road. Flooding also occurred in the Gallatin Canyon near Greek Creek campground. Parts of the Missouri Headwaters State Park and Drouillard Fishing access also closed due to flooding. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Three Forks | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Three Forks 5NE. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Three Forks | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Three Forks. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Forks | - | GIANT COTTONWOOD TREES DOWNED |
| July 1998 | Hail | Three Forks | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Three Valleys State Bank | under 500 feet | 2005 |
 | Adams Block | under 500 feet | 1999 |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Sacajawea Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Airway Radio Station | 0.8 miles | 1998 |
 | Three Forks of the Missouri | 1.1 miles | 1966 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003169 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.