Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
“The Dayton Community Hall is a community building located at 410 Bridge St. in Dayton, Wyoming, United States. The hall was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration.”
Wikipedia article Dayton Community Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Sheridan County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Dayton Community Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,309 acres in total. 5 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | CRYSTAL SPRINGS |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 550 H STREET |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | CAVE |
| 5 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 166 WOLF CREEK RD. |
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sheridan County | 1027 BIGHORN DR |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sheridan County | HWY345 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dayton, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 | Lightning | Dayton | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Debris Flow | Dayton | - | At least 4 debris flows within the Elk Burn Scar occurred along US-14 that closed the road for 3-4 hours. Also caused a log jam along the Little Tongue Canyon on Little Tongue Ranch, which caused localized flooding and damage to a barn. 0.7 inches of rain fell from 7 to 7:30pm. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dayton | - | Downed power lines and tree damage near Dayton. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Dayton | - | Quarter size hail was reported between Parkman and Dayton. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Dayton | - | Heavy rainfall in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains resulted in high flows and localized flooding on all rivers and streams across Sheridan County. County dispatch reported Soldier Creek was out of its banks and flooding homes in Downer Addition subdivision on the west side of Sheridan. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Dayton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dayton | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dayton Mercantile | 0.4 miles | 2016 |
 | Susan Wissler House | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
| Connor Battlefield | 5.0 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001338 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sheridan County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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