Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
“The Wibaux Commercial Historic District is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Wibaux, Montana. It was added to the Register on December 28, 1989.”
Wikipedia article Wibaux Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wibaux County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
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 12 fires within 5 miles of Wibaux Commercial Historic District between 2017 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | MM244 - WIBAUX |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | YATES - WIBAUX |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | NORTH MM244 - WIBAUX |
| 31 July 2020 | Natural | 13 acres | Wibaux County | PONDEROSA - WIBAUX |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | PARKER |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | MINGUS |
| 10 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | BEAVER CREEK - WIBAUX |
| 10 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wibaux County | D STREET - WIBAUX |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wibaux, the town this property stands in, in 140 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 78 hail, 48 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | $100,000 | A complete barn roof was blown off and a large evergreen tree was uprooted. There was crop and property damage between Red Top East Road and Edge Hill East Road. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Wibaux | $100,000 | Hail damaged several vehicles in Wibaux. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Wibaux | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Wibaux | $30,000 | Heavy rainfall associated with a severe thunderstorms dropped 2 to 3 inches of rainfall over the area. The bridge over Little Beaver Creek just northeast of Wibaux was damaged as rain washed away gravel near the bridge and left a gaping hole. Several area roads had water that ran across them, with one area over 100 feet wide and 8 to 12 inches deep. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Wibaux | $20,000 | Twenty one heifers were killed when lightning struck south-southwest of Wibaux. The heifers were generally lined up along a fence line, but there were six of them that were scattered up to 75 yards away. Some of the fencing was also knocked down. There were a total of 51 heifers in the pasture. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | $1,000 | An auger was blown over and damaged. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | $500 | The wind snapped tree branches and blew steel lawn furniture across the yard. One inch of rain was also estimated. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Public reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported a 70 mph wind gust. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported 70 mph wind gusts, along with pea size hail and heavy rain. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts, along with nickel size hail and heavy rain. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Brief heavy rain, along with dime to quarter sized hail, was reported. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Public reported quarter sized hail lasting for 30 minutes. Lentil and wheat crops were damaged. Rain accumulation of 3 inches was estimated. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported an additional storm with quarter sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained Spotter in the town of Wibaux estimated 60 mph wind gusts from a thunderstorm just before midnight. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained Spotter in the town of Wibaux reported nickel-sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail and heavy rain. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Public reported wind damage at two farms located 6 and 7 miles south of Wibaux. Hay bales were moved across fields. A shed was destroyed and a trailer was flipped over. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Public estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Wibaux county dispatch office reported mainly pea- to dime-sized hail with a few quarter-sized stones. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at the Wibaux Visitor's Center. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A trained spotter reported hail slightly larger than quarter sized, but was not up to half dollar sized in Wibaux. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A trained spotter reported nickel hail 4 miles northeast of Wibaux. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A trained spotter reported dime to nickel sized hail when the storm began, then quarter sized hail began to fall thereafter about 6 miles northeast of Wibaux. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Spotter estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph with heavy rain and pea-sized hail stones. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Wibaux | - | On Match 17th, water was flowing out of banks of some of the creeks that fed into the Beaver Creek with water running over Highway 7 12 to 13 miles south of Wibaux near Pine Unit. Highway 7 was closed. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Nickel size hail fell for 10 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Public reported an estimated 75 mph wind speed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Spotter reported 65 mph winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Trees knocked over from estimated 75 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Wibaux | - | General cloud rotation and a brief funnel cloud were observed. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Wibaux | - | Heavy rainfall occurred in southern Wibaux and northern Fallon County. Reports of rainfall up to 5 in this area were received by NWS Billings spotters. This water flowed into the Beaver Creek, which flows northward into the town of Wibaux. It was out of it's banks in many places by the morning of June 17th. No major damage was caused. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Wibaux | - | At 1829 MST in Wibaux 1.0 hail with a 60 mph wind. At 1830 MST in Wibaux 1.5 hail destroyed a garden and basement screen door; 1.5 hail also was reported by an Emergency Manager along with a 30 to 40 mph wind and 0.55 inches of rainfall in a short period of time. At 1832 MST 2 miles northeast of Wibaux 1.75 to 2.5 hail reported between 1832 and 1839 MST - damaging all of the home's windows on the west side and vehicle windshields - wind was estimated at 60 to 70 mph which also broke 3 to 4 inch tree limbs. At 1835 MST 6 miles east northeast of Wibaux a 60 mph wind along with 1.0 hail fell. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Spotter 15 miles south of Wibaux at 1952 MST, estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. Spotter in Wibaux at 2035 MST estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Strong winds blew flagpole and lawn furniture away. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Two reports of one inch hail occurred with this storm. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Wibaux | - | Spotters reported several short lived funnel clouds. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Report of Quarter-size hail at 1638 (reported by spotter) and at at 1640 (reported by County Official). Golfball size hail occurred at 1640 (reported by spotter). |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Blew over BBQ grill. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Wibaux | - | Spotters reported 1.0 to 1.5 inches. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Estimated winds of 45 mph accompanied the hail. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 50 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wibaux | - | A quarter inch of rainfall was also reported. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | The power was out for just over one hour. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wibaux | - | Some hail damage to crops was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wibaux | - | The hail was accompanied by 1 inch of rain in 30 minutes. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Measured 1.15 inches of rain with the thunderstorms. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Wibaux | - | Water from Smith Creek went out of its banks about 125 feet wide and flooded over Skaar Road. A bridge is significantly damaged. The flooding washed over roads in nearly 100 places according to the Highway Department. The roads in the northern portion of Wibaux County were out in so many places that the highway department ran out of flags to mark the flooding. Two ranches in the area measured 3 to 3.5 inches of rain. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wibaux | - | Wind gusts estimated in the 60 to 70 mph range. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pierre Wibaux House | 0.1 miles | 1971 |
 | St. Peter's Catholic Church | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
| Vogt-Nunberg Farm | 6.9 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89002170 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wibaux County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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