Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“Fort Peck is a town in Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 239 at the 2020 census.”
Wikipedia article Fort Peck, Montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Valley County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Employee's Hotel and Garage between 1994 and 2017, burning about 383 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | NATOUT1 |
| 31 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | POWERHOUSE |
| 11 August 2000 | Natural | 145 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SCOUT |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | FLAT LAKE |
| 24 July 2013 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | HORSE PASTURE |
| 11 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | TROPHY DOE |
| 30 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | ARTZ COULE |
| 19 June 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | BEACH#1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Peck, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 1995 | Hail | Fort Peck | $6,000 | A sheriff's department vehicle had it's windshield broken when a hailstone ripped through it. Two other department vehicles were damaged by hail. Damage was estimated at $6000. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Peck | $5,000 | There was lots of wind damage across Valley County. Several homes and trailers were damaged. A flash flood near Hinsdale washed out Highway 2 and the railroad. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Fort Peck | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Fort Peck | - | 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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Garage and Fire Station | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | Hospital | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | Administration Building | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
| School | 0.2 miles | 1986 | |
 | Fort Peck Theatre | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Fort Peck Original Houses Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002060 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Valley County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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