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Snake River Ranch

Built in 1929. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Snake River Ranch, near Wilson, Wyoming, United States, is the largest deeded ranch in the Jackson Hole area. The ranch buildings are grouped into three complexes comprising headquarters, residential and shop complexes.”

Wikipedia article Snake River Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 2004 · category: District · built in 1929.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 5700 Snake River Ranch Rd., Wilson, 83014
  • When was it listed? November 2004
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Jackson Hole
  • When was it built? 1929
  • National Register reference number. 04001089 - 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Snake River Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
16 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestTEEWINOT
15 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkCAR
8 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkLONE PINE
6 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkAIRPORT
6 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkTURN OUT
4 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestFISH
29 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestVILLAGE
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkENDLESS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Storms near this property

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWilson$250,000Hundreds of trees were downed in and around Wilson WY. Some trees landed on power lines, resulting in a loss of power for several hours in Wilson. Pictures shared by emergency management showed fallen trees which had damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilson$80,000Thunderstorm outflow wind descended the east slopes of the Teton Range and generated a swath of damage from near Wilson north along the Moose-Wilson Road and through Grand Teton National Park. The damage began near Wilson around 1645MST and spread north until shortly after 1700MST. Downed trees damaged power lines, crushed parked vehicles, made roads impassable, and even stranded park visitors on the Signal Mountain Summit Road. Just under 1000 customers were impacted by power outages due to the downed power lines, including park employee housing at Beaver Creek. In all, over 150 trees were cleared and all park visitors were rescued by 2200MST.
July 2007Flash FloodWilson$50,000Heavy rain triggered a debris flow in Jensen Canyon shortly before 3:00 p.m. Eyewitness reports indicated that entire trees, boulders, and mud were moved by the debris flow which was three to eight feet deep. The flow pushed an automobile for 20 to 30 feet before flipping it onto its side. A small outbuilding near one residence was also damaged. A geologist measured a mud line 40 feet up the sides of the canyon upstream from the canyon mouth.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWilson$10,000Power lines were reported down in Wilson as was a six inch diameter tree just west of town. A local energy company had to install one new pole and rebuild six others. One power line fell on Fish Creek Road and stopped traffic.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWilson-The public reported limbs down in Jackson. Downed trees knocked out power to 383 customers in Wilson.
June 2022HailWilson-The public reported quarter size hail on Teton Pass.
June 2013HailWilson-Nickel sized hail was reported a few miles south of Wilson.
July 2013HailWilson-A public report indicated hail of penny to nickel size fell a few miles west of Jackson.
June 2013HailWilson-Numerous storm spotters reported pea to quarter sized hail in Jackson.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWilson-The Teton County Sheriff's Office relayed that thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Wilson.

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Alpenhof Lodge2.2 miles2016
John Clymer Residence2.3 miles2025
Hardeman Barns5.7 miles2015
Wilson Commercial Historic District5.7 miles2025
St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory5.9 miles1978
George Washington Memorial Park5.9 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04001089 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Teton CountyAll 65 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.
  • 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.