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One of 73 National Register listings published here for Yakima County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1885.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
James Gleed Barn
Built in 1885. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Gleed, James, Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1960 Old Naches Hwy., Naches, 98908
- When was it listed? May 1990
- Category. building
- Census division. Northwest Yakima
- When was it built? 1885
- National Register reference number. 90000672 - 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
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of James Gleed Barn in 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Spokane District | ROCKY TOP |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of James Gleed Barn: 12 past producers, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleed | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Naches River | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Selah | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Yakima | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Selah No. 1 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Selah No. 2 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Wenas | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| State Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit View Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naches, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 13 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches near Naches- Flood stage is 17.8 feet. The river rose above flood stage on February 7, 4 am, crested at 18.6 feet on February 7th at 130 pm, then fell below flood stage on February 8th at 430 am. Minor flooding was observed in low areas along river. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Naches | - | On May 30th, warm temperatures lead to increased snow melt with the Naches River rising briefly to the flood stage of 17.8 feet. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Naches | - | Increased snow melt resulted in minor flooding of the Naches River near Naches. On May 5th the river crested at 18.25 feet, flood stage is 17.8 feet. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Yakima River at Naches crested on June 18 11 pm at 16.64 feet. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Yakima River at Naches crested at 16.44 feet at 5:15 pm on June 6th. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River at Naches crested at 18.27 feet on April 25 at 1 am. Flood stage is 17.8 feet. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Naches | - | Continuing from March 31, the river gage at Naches crested at .2 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches River was .9 foot above flood stage. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River continued slightly above flood stage through the end of May. No damage was reported. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River at Naches crested at 17.13 feet on May 19 between 8:45 am PST and 11:30 am PST. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches River at Naches crested at 17.84 feet with flood stage at 17 feet. Yakima River at Parker crested at 10.87 feet with flood stage at 10 feet. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Naches | - | Minor flooding and bank erosion along the Naches River near Naches due to rapid snowmelt caused by record warm temperatures. River crested at 17.9 feet on 05/21/06. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River near Naches rose above the flood stage of 17 feet on the 6th and crested at 18.8 feet on the 8th, falling back below flood stage on the 8th. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Yakima Valley Transportation Company | 4.0 miles | 1992 |
 | Carbonneau Mansion | 5.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Winfield Perrin House | 5.1 miles | 1987 |
 | William N. Irish House | 5.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Charles Wilcox House | 5.4 miles | 1987 |
 | H. M. Gilbert House | 5.5 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000672 in Record Group 79. |
| Yakima County | All 73 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.