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Photograph of Lamonta Compound
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lamonta Compound-Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Lamonta Compound - Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse is a complex of buildings and related infrastructure owned an operated by the Ochoco National Forest in Prineville, Oregon, United States. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933-1934, it is the headquarters for field operations in the national forest and is typical of projects carried out by the CCC on behalf of the Forest Service.”

Wikipedia article Lamonta Compound - Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Crook County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Lamonta Compound--Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Ochoco National Forest, Prineville, 97754
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Depression-Era Buildings Oregon and Washington TR
  • Census division. Prineville
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • Architect. United States Forest Service
  • National Register reference number. 86000846 - 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lamonta Compound-Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictMGRATH RD
23 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictBARNES BT
16 August 2018Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKEYSTONE
7 July 2006Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0418 TUFFTIN
4 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOCHOCO VIEWPOINT 0354
4 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCrook County Fire & Rescue0343 RS
4 July 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPRINEVILLE FIREWORKS
4 July 2018Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersVIEWPOINT FIREWORKS

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Lamonta Compound-Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse: 28 past producers, 17 producers, 1 unknown. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oregon Emerald Tuff QuarryVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Barnes ButteMercuryPast Producer1940
Barnes Butte MineMercuryPast Producer1940, 1941
Crook County Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Grassy Butte Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Prineville BentoniteBentonitePast Producer
Prineville BentoniteBentoniteUnknown
Oregon Emerald Tuff QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Crook County

Storms near this property

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prineville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 30 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 3 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006HailPrineville$20,000,000no account filed
August 2019Flash FloodPrineville$15,000House flooded with 4 feet of water in basement. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPrineville$2,000Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down across power lines causing power outage to southwest part of Prineville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPrineville$1,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPrineville$100no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPrineville-Thirty foot tall tree blown down.
August 2019HailPrineville-Hail covering the ground with standing water on some flood prone roadways.
July 2012HailPrineville-Hail accompanied by wind gust to 40 mph.
June 2009Heavy RainPrineville-Water covering the road at the entrance to Prineville due to heavy rainfall.
July 2009HailPrineville-Hail 3/4 inch to 1 inch fell for 15 minutes.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPrineville-Two inch diameter tree limbs blown down. Tree limb 1 foot in diameter also blown down.
July 2008HailPrineville-Hail size between dime and quarter size.
July 2006HailPrineville-Quarter sized hail producing dents in car.
August 1999HailPrineville-Wind gusts up to 27 mph and frequent lightning accompanied this storm
May 1998HailPrineville-Thunderstorms moved through Crook County with strong wind, hail, and heavy rain. In the town of Post, 0.70 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes with 1/3 inch hail and wind gusts to 30 mph. In Prineville, 1/4 to 1 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch in places, up to 1.15 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes, and the wind gusted to 60 mph. The road from Post to Prineville had rock and mud slides on it.
May 1998HailPrineville-A thunderstorm produced up to 1 inch hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts to between 50 and 60 mph. 1/2 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch. 1.13 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Highway 26 east of Prineville had mud slides on it.
May 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Two inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
April 1998LightningPrineville-A thunderstorm moved through Deschutes, Crook, and Wheeler counties. Lightning caused a power pole to catch fire 3 miles northeast of Prineville. One quarter to one half inch hail covered the ground in eight miles north of Bend. Five eighths inch hail and 30 mph wind were reported in the town of Post. Heavy rain, strong wind, and pea-sized hail were reported in the town of Fossil. The storm moved through the town of Spray with heavy rain and strong wind gusting to 40-50 mph.
May 1998Heavy RainPrineville-A spotter reported 0.75 inches of rain in twenty minutes. Another spotter reported wind gusts to 45 mph with this thunderstorm.
June 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Spotters in Prineville reported up to two inches of rain in 20 minutes, hail up to 1/2 inch, and wind gusts to 30 mph.
July 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Close to one inch of rain fell in half an hour causing local flooding. Highway 126 had water over it.
July 1998HailPrineville-A spotter 15 miles north of Prineville reported 3/4 inch hail and a heavy downpour that lasted 45 minutes. Allen Creek over flowed its banks. Some roads were washed out.
August 1997HailPrineville-A weather spotter at Prineville Resevoir State Park reported dime sized hail and up to an inch of rain in 30 minutes. Another spotter three miles north of Prineville Resevoir reported marble sized hail.
July 1997LightningPrineville-A lightning strike touched off a one and a half acre fire on a residential hillside in Prineville. Homeowners were able to fight the fire with garden hoses. No homes were damaged.
August 1997HailPrineville-Weather spotters reported hail between .5 and .75 of an inch...covering the ground in places. One spotter reported 0.70 of an inch of rain in twenty minutes.
July 2014HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2013HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2012HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2009HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2009HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2004HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodPrineville-no account filed
August 2000LightningPrineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crook County

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

4 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Crook County Bank Building0.6 miles1991
Old First National Bank of Prineville, and Foster and Hyde Store0.7 miles1985
Marion Reed Elliott House0.7 miles1989
Thomas M. Baldwin House0.8 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000846 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Crook CountyAll 6 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.