BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Spokane Military Reserve
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Address. Rt. 25, Miles, 99129
- When was it listed? November 1988
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 88002621 - 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
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Fort Spokane Military Reserve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,304 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 27 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 | 52 |
| Fireworks | 51 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | MILES |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane Agency | LONE PINE |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville Agency | BP FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane Agency | UNATTENDED CAMP |
| 24 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Spokane Agency | LITTLEBIG |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2,918 acres | Spokane Agency | 2-RIVERS |
| 21 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Spokane Agency | GRAS CLIPP |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Spokane Agency | BEAR |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fort Spokane Military Reserve: 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Clay, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal City Mining Co | Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Crystal Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten | Occurrence | 1895 | |
| Lincoln | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Old Fort Spokane | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Old Fort Spokane Area | Dolomite | Prospect | ||
| Red Feather | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Sixmile Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Threemile Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| John L. | Lead | Prospect |
Storms near this property
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miles, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Debris Flow | Miles | $800,000 | On April 2nd a hillside along the Porcupine Bay Road near the Porcupine Bay recreation area gave way and cut the road, cutting off access to the campground. Three days later the hillside was still moving. Extensive debris was washed into Lake Roosevelt during this slide. The road remained closed into the month of May and may be closed indefinitely with repair work not able to commence until soil conditions stabilize and careful analysis of further landslide hazard is complete. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | Numerous trees either toppled over or tops snapped off at the Fort Spokane Campground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane | 1.0 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002621 in Record Group 79. |
| Lincoln County | All 8 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.