Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“Valier Public School, also known as Old School House, is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Valier, Montana. It was added to the Register on March 28, 1985.”
Wikipedia article Valier Public School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Pondera County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Valier Public School between 2005 and 2019, burning about 560 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pondera County | RAMBO BLOCKHEEL |
| 6 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 460 acres | Blackfeet Agency | TRUCK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valier Public School: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium-Iron Occurrence | Titanium, Iron, REE | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valier, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 18 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Valier | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | Public weather station measured a severe caliber gust. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | A personal weather station measured a severe gust. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | Measured via Ambient Weather. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Valier | - | Pondera County Sheriff relayed a public report of golf ball size hail breaking windows on the north facing side of a home in Valier. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Valier | - | Measured by a trained spotter 5 miles SE of Valier. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Valier | - | The water came up really fast yesterday in the late afternoon. Slowed somewhat during the night but expecting increases again this afternoon. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Valier | - | Storm chaser reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Valier | - | Emergency manager reported Spring Creek Road was washed out and had water running over it. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Valier | - | Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 5 mi SSW of Valier, MT. Windows were reported as being broken at a spotters residence. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Valier | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Valier 15NW. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Valier | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Valier 3E. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Valier | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Valier 5E. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Valier. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Valier 5W. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Valier | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail at Valier 5E. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Valier | - | Actual location of event Valier 7 W. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | Reported by spotter in Valier. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Valier | - | Reported by spotter in Valier. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valier | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Valier | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000646 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pondera County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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