BlockFrom the record
One of 46 National Register listings published here for Chelan County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lake Wenatchee Residence No. 1200
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. WA 207, N shore of Lake Wenatchee, Wenatchee NF, Leavenworth, 98826
- When was it listed? March 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
- Census division. Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee
- National Register reference number. 91000158 - 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
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Lake Wenatchee Residence No. 1200 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,898 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LITTLE WENATCHEE |
| 5 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BUTCHER CREEK |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | POLE RIDGE |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 410 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MEADOW CREEK |
| 28 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ZANIKA |
| 27 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | AREA 15 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lake Wenatchee Residence No. 1200: 7 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos, Feldspar, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Mine Claim | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Nason Ridge | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Lace Claim | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wenatchee Ridge Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hutchinson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Merritt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000158 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.