BlockFrom the record
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Okanogan County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Address. 14379 US 17, Brewster, 98812
- When was it listed? August 2018
- Category. building
- Census division. Colville Reservation
- National Register reference number. 100002814 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 904 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Colville Agency | LAGRANGE ROAD |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Okanogan County Fire Districts | MONSE |
| 25 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 acres | Colville Agency | HIGHWAY 17 |
| 25 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Colville Agency | DELFIELD RD POLE |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Colville Agency | GOLF ROCK |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Spokane District | CASTLE ROCK |
| 12 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 87 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BREWSTER FLAT |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | SILVER CK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brewster | Granite | Prospect | Granite | |
| Godbey Red E Mix | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Cassimer Bar Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Cassimer Bar Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Shotwell Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Shotwell Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Shotwell Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Brewster State Pit Site 4-8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Corps of Engineers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewster, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $100,000 | Damage to orchards and buildings in area |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $10,000 | 66 mph gust from spotter. Many trees down |
| April 2018 | Debris Flow | Brewster | $3,000 | Paradise Road Hill was rendered impassable due to water and mud over the roadway. The road was opened by noon the next day. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Brewster | $1,000 | A member of the public reported roadway washed out on SR 97 on Indian Dan Canyon Road which is approximately 4 miles west northwest of Brewster, WA. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Brewster | - | Hail size, location, and crop damage were estimated. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | - | Half-inch diameter hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Brewster | - | 1 inch hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Okanogan, Sites of | 1.3 miles | 1973 |
| Fort Okanogan, Sites of | 1.9 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002814 in Record Group 79. |
| Okanogan County | All 16 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.