BlockFrom the record
One of 120 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 1983 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Silver Falls State Park Concession Building Area
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- Address. 20024 Silver Falls Hwy., Sublimity, 97381
- When was it listed? June 1983
- Category. district
- Census division. Silverton
- Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
- National Register reference number. 83002164 - 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
70 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Silver Falls State Park Concession Building Area between 1993 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | BOOS POND |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LOOK OUT |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Santiam Unit | MOLL FIRE |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santiam Unit | SMITH CRK.FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Santiam Unit | WALDO HILLS & VICTOR PT. |
| 3 September 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Santiam Unit | DRIFT CREEK #1 |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Santiam Unit | TRIUMPH ROAD #2 |
| 25 September 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Santiam Unit | HOT WIRE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Silver Falls State Park Concession Building Area: 34 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bula Mine | Gold | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Salem Bauxite Deposit | Aluminum, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Bauxite, Ilmenite | |
| C M Janick | Aluminum, Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Matheny | Aluminum, Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mt Angel Tuff Quarry | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Angel Tuff Quarry | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublimity, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2020: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Hail | Sublimity | - | Hail up to the size of pennies accumulated up to 2 inches deep on the ground. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Sublimity | - | Lots of rain fall from the public. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Youth Camp-Silver Falls State Park | 2.8 miles | 2002 | |
 | Victor Point School | 5.5 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002164 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 120 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.