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One of 19 National Register listings published here for Stevens County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1905.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Colville Flour Mill
Built in 1905. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 466 W. First St., Colville, 99114
- When was it listed? June 1995
- Category. building
- Census division. Colville
- When was it built? 1905
- National Register reference number. 95000809 - 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
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Colville Flour Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 555 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY RESPONSE |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BURNING COLE |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORIN FRIED RICE |
| 27 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY RING |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Colville Flour Mill: 12 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W Rose | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mcmillian | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Colville Valley Concrete Co | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Tulare Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Aladdin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colville Valley Concrete Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dept of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colville, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Colville | $438,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $10,000 | trees reported blown down on Aladdin Road. |
| June 1999 | Heavy Rain | Colville | $5,000 | Over 1.75" of rain fell in a 12 hour period. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $5,000 | trees and power lines blown down across roads. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $500 | Wind uprooted large tree. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville. Numerous people were stranded at Flodelle Campground due to the fallen trees. Time was based off radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville, WA. Highway 20 closed from milepost 360 at Artman Gibson Road to milepost 379 at Beaver Lodge. It was reported that 5 to 6 homes were damaged by toppled trees. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | A thunderstorm near Colville created wind gusts that knocked down several trees. No structural damage was reported. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Colville | - | 1 inch hail |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Colville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Colville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Colville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Colville | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Opera House and I. O. O. F. Lodge | 0.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Collins Building | 0.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Rickey Block | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
| H. M. McCauley House | 0.3 miles | 1979 | |
 | US Post Office-Colville Main | 0.3 miles | 1991 |
 | Keller House | 0.5 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000809 in Record Group 79. |
| Stevens County | All 19 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.