Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“The Lester Depot, also known as Northern Pacific Depot, was a railway station building located in Lester, Washington which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”
Wikipedia article Lester Depot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lester Depot between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,065 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,061 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAWMILL CREEK |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAWMILL RIDGE |
| 6 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUCKLEBERRY RIDGE |
| 2 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 7012 COMMAND |
| 20 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HIGH BRIDGE |
| 30 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 June 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | 7010 ROAD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lester Depot: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001534 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| King County | All 324 listed properties in this county. |
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