Built in 1936 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
From the record
“The buildings of the Silver Creek Ranger Station typify Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Economic Recovery Act (ERA). These relief programs employed local youth and experienced craftsmen.”
Wikipedia article Silver Creek Ranger Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1936, rustic architecture.
Also known as. USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
Census division. Mount Rainier
When was it built? 1936
Architectural style. rustic architecture
National Register reference number.91000707- 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
85 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Silver Creek Ranger Station
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 17 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
Recreation and ceremony
44
Natural
17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
9
Debris and open burning
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
3
Equipment and vehicle use
3
Fireworks
2
Smoking
2
Arson/incendiarism
2
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
7 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
16 workings within 5 miles of Silver Creek Ranger Station: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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