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Photograph of Sunset Park Patrol Cabin
Photograph by CBGCUP, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sunset Park Patrol Cabin

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

From the record

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/7c632858353c91ba6a32eff5d819e073.

Sources: 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, Mowich Lake 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/7c632858353c91ba6a32eff5d819e073
  • National Register reference number. 91000186 - 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Park Patrol Cabin between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestEVANS CREEK
4 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestEVANS
26 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCHEROKEE
13 August 2014Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters26 MILE LIGHTNING
12 August 1992Naturalunder an acreMount Rainier National ParkSUNSET
19 June 2004Naturalunder an acreMount Rainier National ParkBERRYPEAK
18 May 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forestnot named
18 February 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMount Rainier National ParkPAULPEAKTH

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Park Patrol Cabin: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rushing RiverUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Sunset Park Trail Shelterunder 500 feet1991
North Mowich Trail Shelter2.3 miles1991
St. Andrews Patrol Cabin3.2 miles1991
St. Andrews Creek Bridge3.2 miles1991
Mowich Lake Patrol Cabin4.0 miles1991
South Puyallup River Bridge5.2 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000186 in Record Group 79.
Pierce CountyAll 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.