BlockFrom the record
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Ravalli County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hamilton Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Address. Main, N. Second, S. Second, S. Third, and State Sts., Hamilton, 59840
- When was it listed? September 1988
- Category. district
- Also known as. Hamilton MRA
- Census division. Hamilton
- National Register reference number. 88001273 - 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
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,876 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | SAWTOOTH LANE MUTUAL AID |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | RavaIIi County | 500 STONEGATE DR UNIT 4 |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CANYON HEAD |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GOLD CREEK |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CANYON CK. |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | DOWNING TOP |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | DOWNING 2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Commercial Historic District: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Creek | Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Sawtooth Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Sleeping Child Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Blodgett Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Mill Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Palmen Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravalli County Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roaring Lion Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Woodside Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 9 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | $20,000 | This storm produced enough hail to cover the ground several inches in the Hamilton area. There were multiple reports of one inch hail. A lady reported that she would have to replace her roof due to the hail damage. She remarked that she knew of several others who had to get their roofs repaired. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $12,000 | Ravalli County dispatch received several reports of downed trees due to thunderstorm winds in the Bitterroot Valley from Florence to Hamilton. |
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | Hamilton | $5,800 | Ravalli County Road Department reported wash-outs on West Side Rd. (SW of Hamilton), West Hills Way (NW of Hamilton), and Camas Creek Loop (SW of Hamilton). |
| May 1993 | Hail | Hamilton | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house and set it on fire. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $3,000 | The Ravalli County emergency manager reported that multiple power lines were down around Hamilton. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Hamilton | - | Quarter to ping-pong-sized hail was reported in Hamilton. Quarter-sized hail was also reported in Corvallis. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | - | Hailstones reported varied from marble up to ping pong size during the storm. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hamilton | - | A member of the public reported of 1.75 inch hail in Hamilton. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Hamilton | - | Two spotters in Hamilton reported heavy rainfall, one received 0.76 and the other 0.85 inches in 12 hours. |
| April 2006 | Heavy Rain | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hamilton Town Hall | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Other C. Wamsley House | 0.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Goff House | 0.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Ravalli County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| Hamilton Southside Residential Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001273 in Record Group 79. |
| Ravalli County | All 92 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.