BlockFrom the record
One of 46 National Register listings published here for Chelan County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sugarloaf Peak Lookout
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Summit of Sugarloaf Peak, Leavenworth, 98822
- When was it listed? December 1990
- Category. building
- Also known as. USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on Wenatchee NF MPS
- Census division. Entiat
- National Register reference number. 90001914 - 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
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Sugarloaf Peak Lookout between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GIRARD |
| 6 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | WINDY RIDGE |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ENTIAT RIDGE |
| 13 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | VAN CREEK |
| 8 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RAILROAD CANYON |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MOON CANYON |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sugarloaf Peak Lookout: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gold Ridge | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harris Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Creek | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Indian Creek Manganese Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Mad Creek | Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Queen Ann | Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leavenworth, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 4 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Leavenworth | $40,000 | Flash flooding and debris on Fourth of July Creek above Icicle Creek closed off National Park Road 76. Many campers were stranded above where the flash flood occurred until the road was cleared of debris. Damage costs were estimated. |
| January 2021 | Debris Flow | Leavenworth | $20,000 | A hillside along State Route 2 began slowly sliding, striking the Department of Transportation guardrail, and partially blocked the eastbound lane. The mudslide was triggered by already saturated soil and wet snow. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Leavenworth | $10,000 | A blocked railroad culvert resulted in water flooding out onto Chumstick Highway near Freund Canyon about 1.3 miles north of Leavenworth. The water was about a foot deep across the road for a brief period resulting in its closure. Parts of the road were damaged by the flowing water. |
| January 2015 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Newspaper posted two photos and narrative on their Facebook page showing a structure used to store rafting equipment being flooded. Comments to the post note that the flooding is from rain, slush and melting snow and ice as the structure is in a natural depression near a mountain. |
| December 2015 | Debris Flow | Leavenworth | - | An emergency manager reported a mudslide on SR-2 just west of Leavenworth, WA. The road was closed and the flow was estimated at 10 feet deep. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Very heavy rain led to flooding on Icicle Creek near Icicle Island. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Very heavy rain led to rapid rises on the Wenatchee River, with major flooding of fields on East Leavenworth Road. |
| January 2009 | Heavy Rain | Leavenworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Leavenworth | - | no account filed |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Steliko Ranger Station | 7.8 miles | 1991 |
| Tyee Mountain Lookout | 7.9 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001914 in Record Group 79. |
| Chelan County | All 46 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.