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One of 168 National Register listings published here for Flathead County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1907.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Johnnie Walsh Homestead
Built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Walsh, Johnnie, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Glacier National Park, Big Prairie, 59928
- When was it listed? July 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Settlement on the North Fork of the Flathead River, Glacier National Park TR
- Census division. Glacier National Park
- When was it built? 1907
- National Register reference number. 88001098 - 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
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Johnnie Walsh Homestead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MUD MEADOW |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | COVEY |
| 25 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | GUEST RANCH FIRE |
| 23 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Flathead National Forest | VANDERSCHAF |
| 12 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | QUARTZ RDG |
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | ASHLEY |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | HAWK CREEK |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | ROUND PRAIRIE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Walsh's Guest Lodge | 0.5 miles | 1988 | |
| Margaret McCarthy Homestead | 0.7 miles | 1988 | |
 | McCarthy Homestead Cabin | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
| Charlie Schoenberger Homestead | 0.7 miles | 1988 | |
| William Raftery Homestead | 0.7 miles | 1988 | |
| Anton Schoenberger Homestead | 0.7 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001098 in Record Group 79. |
| Flathead County | All 168 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.