BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Granite County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rock Creek Guard Station (24GN165)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Philipsburg on Hwy. 348 and the Rock Creek Rd., Philipsburg, 59858
- When was it listed? July 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Drummond
- National Register reference number. 82003172 - 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
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek Guard Station (24GN165) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34,894 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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 | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WILLIAMS GULCH |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COUGAR CR |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | QUIGG PEAK |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | EAGLE POINT |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BIGHORN |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COUGAR CREEK |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | QUIGG PEAK |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | HOGBACK |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek Guard Station (24GN165): 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Thorium, Gold, Niobium (Columbium), Molybdenum, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagdad Mine | Gold, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Placer Prospect | Uranium, Thorium, Gold, Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown | ||
| Big Springs Creek | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Big Springs Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1904 |
Storms near this property
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philipsburg, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Hail | Philipsburg | $12,000 | State employee 14 miles south of Philipsburg near Georgetown Lake reported 1.75 inch hail. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Philipsburg | - | Weather observer reported 1.27 of rainfall. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Philipsburg | - | Boulder creek near Maxville flooded and isolated one resident. A road flooded near the east fork of Rock creek. Debris piled up against many bridges across the county. Many residents protected their property with sandbags. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Philipsburg | - | Weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Philipsburg. Eight miles northwest of Philipsburg, a camper reported half inch diameter hail at 5500 feet. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Philipsburg | - | Report of dime sized hail in Philipsburg. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Philipsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philipsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Philipsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philipsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan-Case Homestead | 2.0 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003172 in Record Group 79. |
| Granite County | All 12 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.