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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1917, Neoclassical architecture.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Jefferson County Courthouse
Built in 1917 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 34 SE. D St., Madras, 97741
- When was it listed? September 2015
- Category. building
- Census division. Madras
- When was it built? 1917
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 15000614 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson County Courthouse between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,769 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Prineville District | 0927 ELM |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | 0609 |
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prineville District | 0760 |
| 13 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Prineville District | 1168 |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Ochoco National Forest | 0469 RN |
| 5 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | 0501 |
| 5 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 0357 |
| 4 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Prineville District | WILLOWCRK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson County Courthouse: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grody Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jefferson County Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Madras/Prineville Hwy Jct | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Metolius Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schmoker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madras, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2013 | Lightning | Madras | 1 killed | KPTV Fox 12 News reported the story. The article was posted online as well. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Madras | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | $500 | Broken limbs and tree damage in Madras. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | $100 | Between 120 pm and 200 pm...1 to 4 inch diameter trees and branches downed. Rainfall of .68 inch in 1/2 hour. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | The Madras airport ASOS measured a wind gust of 67mph at 5:55pm. An NWS employee 1 mile southwest of Madras, OR also witnessed thunderstorm outflow winds that blew down fences, produced low visibilities in blowing dust, and also produced a gustnado in nearby farm fields. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Report by spotter of downed powerlines along highway 26 between Warm Springs and Madras. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Multiple reports of trees down in Madras. Alfalfa crop destroyed by hail and strong winds. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Madras | - | Also 60-70 mph winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Madras | - | Measured 1.75 inch hail occurred at Madras in Jefferson county. Report from public post on NWS Pendleton Facebook page. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Madras | - | Measured 1.50 inch hail occurred 3 miles W of Madras in Jefferson county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Trees downed by thunderstorm high winds. |
| August 1998 | Wildfire | Madras | - | A wild fire burned 500 acres of rangeland about 5 miles west of Madras and prompted the evacuation of about 150 homes. No homes burned, however, one outbuilding and some farm equipment was destroyed by the fire. About 300 firefighters, 24 fire engines, helicopters and three air tankers were called in to help fight the fire. Two firefighters were injured, one suffered heat exhaustion and the other had a back injury. |
| July 1997 | Heavy Rain | Madras | - | Heavy rain in Madras caused flooding of some streets and businesses. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Dust Devil | Madras | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Madras | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Max and Ollie Lueddemann House | 0.2 miles | 1996 |
 | Madras Army Air Field North Hanger | 2.4 miles | 2015 |
 | Oregon Trunk Passenger and Freight Station | 4.0 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000614 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 7 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.