BlockFrom the record
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Okanogan County · listed in 1974 · category: Object.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chief Joseph Memorial
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Near jct. of WA 10A and Cache Creek Rd., Nespelem, 99155
- When was it listed? May 1974
- Category. object
- Census division. Colville Reservation
- National Register reference number. 74001970 - 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
285 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Chief Joseph Memorial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,026 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 19 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 | 62 |
| Fireworks | 59 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colville Agency | CATHOLIC L |
| 7 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colville Agency | B STREET |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | HUDNUT |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | NESP CK |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | HUDNUT CANYON |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | GREAT WEST |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | OWHI BLOCK 84 |
| 3 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colville Agency | NESP DUMP |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 95 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Chief Joseph Memorial: 37 occurrences, 35 unknowns, 13 prospects, 7 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Andy O Neil | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Andy O'Neil | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Anna Claim | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Apache | Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Apache Claim | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cabin | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cabin Shaft | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Evening | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Evening Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic |
Storms near this property
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nespelem, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Nespelem | $10,000 | NWS Storm survey confirmed tornado in Nespelem area. Path of tornado was not continuous |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Nespelem | $10,000 | NWS Storm survey confirmed second tornoado in Nespelem area. Path was not continuous |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nespelem | $8,000 | The Post Office building sustained roof damage. Rain entered the office lobby and resulted in minor water damage. Dime size hail was also reported with the storm. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nespelem | $500 | Nespelem School reported a downed tree roughly 10 to 12 inches in diameter. The tree fell on and damaged a dumpster. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Nespelem | - | A thunderstorm briefly produced 1 inch diameter hail in the town of Nespelem. |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001970 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.