Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin

Built in 1922 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin is one of the oldest backcountry ranger stations in Mount Rainier National Park. Built in 1922, it is located in the western portion of the park and is adjacent to the largest lake in the park.”
Wikipedia article Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1922, rustic architecture, by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/1d60ed842648aefb82b70f7d4d5caca7.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Mt. Rainier National Park, Carbon River Entrance, 98304
When was it listed? March 1991
Category. building
Also known as. Mt. Rainier National Park MPS
Census division. Mount Rainier
When was it built? 1922
Architectural style. rustic architecture
Architect. http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/1d60ed842648aefb82b70f7d4d5caca7
National Register reference number. 91000183 - 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin between 1992 and 2015, burning about 34 acres in total. 7 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
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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 September 2003	Natural	20 acres	Mount Rainier National Park	CARBON
14 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	EVANS CREEK
6 August 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	EVANS CREEK
4 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	EVANS
27 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Mount Rainier National Park	MOTHER
26 August 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	CHEROKEE
23 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	RUSTY BARREL
16 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Mount Rainier National Park	TIRZAH

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout	1.8 miles	1991
North Mowich Trail Shelter	2.0 miles	1991
Ipsut Creek Patrol Cabin	3.3 miles	1991
Sunset Park Trail Shelter	3.9 miles	1991
Sunset Park Patrol Cabin	4.0 miles	1991
St. Andrews Patrol Cabin	7.1 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91000183 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pierce County	All 215 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.