BlockFrom the record
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Missoula County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Mullan Rd., Frenchtown, 59834
- When was it listed? March 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. Frenchtown-Wye
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 86000585 - 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
232 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,695 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | SOUTH ALBERT |
| 3 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ALBERT BONFIRE |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ROMAN CREEK |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DOG GULCH |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | HUNTERS |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ALBERT 2 |
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 Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Mountain Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frenchtown, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Hail | Frenchtown | - | An NWS employee reported one inch hail in Frenchtown at 17:04 MST. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Frenchtown | - | A member of the public sent in a photo demonstrating 1.25 hail. Hail around 2.5 was reported by an employee of the NWS near Wye, MT. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Frenchtown | - | A NWS storm survey revealed flood and debris flows near the Black Cat burn area northeast of Frenchtown. A basement in the area was flooded with two inches of water. Another residence had water and debris flows running into their backyard and driveway, which briefly cut off access to the home. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchtown | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Road Railroad Substation No. 10 | 6.5 miles | 2014 | |
 | Evaro School | 6.7 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86000585 in Record Group 79. |
| Missoula County | All 90 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.