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Photograph of Rock Cabin
Photograph by National Park Service, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Rock Cabin

Built in 1925. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Rock Cabin is in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. Constructed by trapper John Dayo in the 1920s, the cabin was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”

Wikipedia article Rock Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Skagit County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1925.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Fisher Creek Trail S of Diablo Lake, Diablo
  • When was it listed? February 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. North Cascades National Park Service Complex MRA
  • Census division. East Skagit
  • When was it built? 1925
  • National Register reference number. 88003457 - 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

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Rock Cabin between 1994 and 2019, burning about 382 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkSKAGIT QUEEN
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkMCALLISTER #3
25 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkPANTHER1MI
9 August 2013Natural2.0 acresNorth Cascades National ParkRED MOUNTAIN
5 August 2003Natural20 acresNorth Cascades National ParkKLAWATTI
5 August 2003Natural204 acresNorth Cascades National ParkTRICOUNI
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkNEVE CREEK EAST
5 August 2000Natural3.5 acresNorth Cascades National ParkRUBY

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Rock Cabin: 10 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Great Northern ClaimsZinc, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Lakeside ClaimsGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
North CoastGold, Copper, Molybdenum, SilverUnknown
North Coast MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrenceIron
ProtectionCopper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ProtectionLead, Copper, ZincProspect
RouseLead, Niobium (Columbium), Silver, GoldProspect
Sierra GrandeLead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Silver TipLead, Gold, Zinc, SilverProspect
Skagit Queen ClaimsLead, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Skagit County

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

3 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Swamp-Meadow Cabin East1.0 miles1989
Swamp-Meadow Cabin West1.0 miles1989
Gilbert's Cabin7.5 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88003457 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Skagit CountyAll 33 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.