BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Christian Schmidt House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Schmidt, Christian, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 391 L NW., Waterville, 98858
- When was it listed? December 1994
- Category. building
- Census division. Waterville
- National Register reference number. 94001432 - 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
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Christian Schmidt House between 2012 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MULE 2 |
| 28 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County Fire Districts | MP 151 |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Christian Schmidt House: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sutor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterville, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 debris flow, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Waterville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Debris Flow | Waterville | $5,000 | Highway 2 at Pine Canyon was closed due to mud and debris covering the roadway for a period of time. The road was covered in six to eight inches of debris. The water dug three to four foot trenches within the drainage. The Douglas RAWS reported six tenths of rainfall in an one hour period. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Waterville | $2,000 | Water was reported over State Route 2 and flooding into an adjacent house east of Waterville due to thunderstorm heavy rain. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Waterville | - | Several reports of crop damage from hail and flooding between Waterville and Coulee City. Hail ranged from penny to quarter size in this corridor. |
| February 2021 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | The Washington Department of Highways reported a large rock slide on US-2 in Pine Canyon. The debris covered approximately 300 yards, which included many large rocks. The highway was closed from MP140 near Orondo to MP148 near Waterville. There was no known time of reopening the road at time of report. |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | There was a rock slide, partially blocking a road near a golf course in Orondo, due to brief, heavy rain. |
| May 2020 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | A rock slide was reported by Washington State Patrol on Highway US-2 in Pine Canyon between Orondo and Waterville. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Waterville | - | Law enforcement reported debris and rocks over highway 2 in Pine Canyon near milepost 145 and 146. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | - | Pea-sized hail piled up to a depth of one inch on US Hwy 2 just east of Waterville. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | - | spotter reported 58 mph gust |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Douglas County Courthouse | 3.3 miles | 1975 |
 | Nifty Theatre | 3.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Smith Hospital and Douglas County Press Building | 3.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Lutheran St. Paul's Kirche | 3.4 miles | 1982 |
| Downtown Waterville Historic District | 3.5 miles | 1988 | |
 | Waterville Hotel | 3.5 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001432 in Record Group 79. |
| Douglas County | All 12 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.