BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Sweet Grass County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Harrison, Waborn (Wabe) and Sarah E., Ranch House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Roughly the jct. of Sweet Grass Cr. and Yellowstone R., Greycliff, 59011
- When was it listed? August 1998
- Category. building
- Census division. North of the Yellowstone
- Architectural style. Folk Victorian
- National Register reference number. 98001111 - 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
24 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Harrison, Waborn (Wabe) and Sarah E., Ranch House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,295 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Southern Land Office | FLAT TIRE FIRE |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | WEST SHANKS BASIN ROAD |
| 23 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Land Office | VEGETION |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | MM374 I-90 |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | SHANKS BASIN WEST RD |
| 21 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southern Land Office | RAILROAD R.O.W |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | 26 LOWER DEER CREEK RD |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sweet Grass County | DODGE |
Storms near this property
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greycliff, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 22 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Greycliff | - | A thunderstorm 8 to 10 miles north/northwest of Reed Point produced heavy rainfall resulting in flash flooding that affected West White Beaver Creek. The flash flood created some log jams and took out some fencing. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Greycliff | - | Water was reported over the roads along with an inch accumulation of pea size hail. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Greycliff | - | County officials reported that some streams and creeks were running high, and in some areas, water was running over roadways and flooding fields. Some roads became impassable. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greycliff | - | Winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greycliff | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greycliff | - | Cottonwood tree branches of 2 to 3 inches in diameter were broken. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Greycliff | - | A funnel cloud was spotted between Greycliff and Big Timber. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Greycliff | - | Pea size hail covering the ground and heavy rain. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Greycliff | - | Hail completely covered the ground |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Greycliff | - | A spotter reported 2.60 inches of rainfall in one hour. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Wildfire | Greycliff | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Wildfire | Greycliff | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Otto Spannring Family Farm | 3.1 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001111 in Record Group 79. |
| Sweet Grass County | All 8 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.
- 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.