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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
Steliko Ranger Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of Entiat R., Wenatchee NF, Ardenvoir, 98822
- 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. Entiat
- National Register reference number. 91000159 - 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
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Steliko Ranger Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | UPPER CRUM CANYON |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ROTH ROCK |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MUD CREEK |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MCKENZIE |
| 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 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MOE CANYON |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SNAKE PILE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Steliko Ranger Station: 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crum Canyon | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Indian Creek Manganese Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Rex | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Rex | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Roaring Creek | Magnesite, Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Entiat Valley No. 72 | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Harris Creek | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Hilltop No 1 and 2 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ardenvoir, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 3 debris flow. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Ardenvoir | $2,000 | A Flash Flood occurred on the Entiat River Road northwest of Ardenvior where it passes near the Cougar Creek 2018 burn scar. The flood deposited 6 to 7 feet of mud and debris across the road. A nearby weather spotter measured 1.2 inches of rain fall from the storm believed to have caused this nocturnal flash flood. Time estimated from radar data. |
| May 2023 | Debris Flow | Ardenvoir | $1,000 | Thunderstorm heavy rains led to logs and debris flushing down the Mad River above Pine Flats campground. |
| July 2014 | Debris Flow | Ardenvoir | - | Mills Canyon Fire personnel reported several small debris flows up the Entiat River Canyon near the Mills Canyon burn scar. |
| July 2014 | Debris Flow | Ardenvoir | - | Fire personnel on the Chiwaukum Complex reported several small debris flows along Entiat River Road near the Duncan burn scar. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Ardenvoir | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Ardenvoir | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Peak Lookout | 7.8 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000159 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.