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One of 16 National Register listings published here for Mason County · listed in 2015 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Cushman Hydroelectric Project Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- Address. 21451 N. US 101, Hoodsport, 98548
- When was it listed? February 2015
- Category. district
- Census division. West Mason
- National Register reference number. 14001244 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Cushman Hydroelectric Project Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CUSHMAN |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Olympic National Forest | STEEL BRIDGE 2 |
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LEEDS |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 104 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEST CUSHMAN CF |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUND ROCK |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cushman Hydroelectric Project Historic District: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Two Five Zero Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tuff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoodsport, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 1999: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1999 | Heavy Rain | Hoodsport | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Heavy Rain | Hoodsport | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cushman No. 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant | 1.0 miles | 1988 |
 | Cushman No. 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant | 2.2 miles | 1988 |
 | High Steel Bridge | 4.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Vance Creek Bridge | 7.4 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001244 in Record Group 79. |
| Mason 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.