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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Pend Oreille County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Pend Oreille County Courthouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 625 W. 4th St., Newport, 99156
- When was it listed? December 2013
- Category. building
- Census division. Newport
- National Register reference number. 13000997 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Pend Oreille County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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 | 41 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING VALLEY |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville National Forest | PIONEER PARK CAMPGROUND |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GRAY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Pend Oreille County Courthouse: 22 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodie Canyon Mine | Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Bodie Canyon Prospect | Silver, Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| General Mcarthur | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Grandview Group | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ries | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Ries | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Ries Property | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | |
| Silver Butte Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Freeman Lake | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Freeman Lake Silica Mine | Silica | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this property
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 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 2011 | Flood | Newport | $400,000 | Widespread flooding was observed along the Pend Oreille River throughout the month of June 2011 impacting the communities of Newport, Dalkena, Usk, Cusick, Ruby, Blueslide, Lost Creek, Ione, and Metaline Falls. Some of the worst flooding was noted along the following roads: Alaska Way, Davis Road, McCloud Creek, Deeter Road, Riverbend Loop, Sandy Shores, Yergens, Le Clerc Road, Pow Wow Park Road, Dike Road, Needles Road, and Main Street in Metaline Falls; four private roads including Beehive Lane, Bear Paw Drive, Echo Lane, and Hawk Lane were also flooded. Numerous homes along these roads suffered flooding with as much as two to three feet of water in their basements and significant damage to docks, sheds, and other outbuildings. The town of Metaline was forced to bypass sewage treatment and allow its storm drains to flow directly into Pend Oreille River. The flooding had enormous impacts on recreation with many boaters avoiding the river due to a no-wake restriction in place. Additionally, the Kalispels' 37th Powwow and 4th of July celebration were cancelled due to the flooding. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $10,000 | strong winds blew trees down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $10,000 | trees reported down across Highway 20 and 31. |
| June 1999 | Heavy Rain | Newport | $5,000 | Over 1.35"of rain fell in a 12 hour period. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | Utility company reported weather related power outage affecting 760 customers. A max wind gust of 26 MPH was recorded around the time. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | Numerous trees blown over and roof damage was reported. Max wind gusts in the area was 39 MPH recorded in Old Town, Idaho. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A member of the public reported a 12 inch diameter pine tree snapped halfway up the trunk near Newport from a thunderstorm wind gust. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Newport | - | A trained spotter reported hail covering highway 2 near Newport, Washington. The hail was reported to be one inch in size and in addition the visibility was reduced to near zero in very heavy rain. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Newport | - | A member of the public reported street flooding on US-2 and in the parking lot of the McDonald's on US-2 in Newport, WA. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Newport | - | Widespread flooding was observed along the Pend Oreille River through the first week of July 2011 impacting the communities of Newport, Dalkena, Usk, Cusick, Ruby, Blueslide, Lost Creek, Ione, and Metaline Falls. Some of the worst flooding was noted along the following roads: Alaska Way, Davis Road, McCloud Creek, Deeter Road, Riverbend Loop, Sandy Shores, Yergens, Le Clerc Road, Pow Wow Park Road, Dike Road, Needles Road, and Main Street in Metaline Falls; four private roads including Beehive Lane, Bear Paw Drive, Echo Lane, and Hawk Lane were also flooded. Numerous homes along these roads suffered flooding with as much as two to three feet of water in their basements and significant damage to docks, sheds, and other outbuildings. The town of Metaline was forced to bypass sewage treatment and allow its storm drains to flow directly into Pend Oreille River. The flooding had enormous impacts on recreation with many boaters avoiding the river due to a no-wake restriction in place. Additionally, the Kalispels' 37th Powwow and 4th of July celebration were cancelled due to the flooding. |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Newport | - | sheriff sighted a funnel cloud near Newport |
| May 1997 | Heavy Rain | Newport | - | flooding |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dr. John and Viola Phillips House and Office | 0.1 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000997 in Record Group 79. |
| Pend Oreille County | All 9 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.