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Photograph of Lambert School
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Lambert School

Built in 1926. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1926.

Sources: 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. 21814 NW 11th, Ridgefield, 98642
  • When was it listed? March 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural Public Schools of Washington State MPS
  • Census division. Ridgefield
  • When was it built? 1926
  • National Register reference number. 89000216 - 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lambert School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning23
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Other causes4
Natural4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2015Debris and open burning2.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST 50TH AVE
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1999Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burning3.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHORTYS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lambert School: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Mill Plain PitStoneProducer
R B Muffet Brick and Tile CoClayPast Producer
Lewis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Salmon Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this property

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgefield, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2004HailRidgefield$7,500no account filed
May 2005LightningRidgefield$6,000Scattered thunderstorms produced heavy rain over the area. A storm near Ridgefield, WA produced heavy rains, sending 6 to 8 inches of water into a pump station. During that same storm, a lightning strike hit the pump station, burning out a control panel and disabling the station.
September 2013FloodRidgefield-A total of 9.54 inches was measured at Rock Creek from September 28, 2013 through September 30, 2013 which caused local flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRidgefield-A wind gust knocked power lines down, and resulted in quite a lot of tree debris on the road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRidgefield-A few wind-fallen trees were blocking a roadway.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Ridgefield-A tornado ripped through the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, lifting and damaging a mobile home office, blowing down trees and snapping large tree limbs. A tree was blown down on top of a car.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindRidgefield-Strong thunderstorms moved through Clark county generating strong winds. The Clark County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees were blown down at the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindRidgefield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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

6 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
Arndt Prune Dryer0.5 miles1979
Sara Store2.1 miles1995
William Henry Shobert House3.5 miles1979
Anderson-Beletski Prune Farm4.6 miles1986
Heye H. and Eva Meyer Farmstead5.1 miles2015
Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District5.7 miles1981

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000216 in Record Group 79.
Clark CountyAll 45 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.