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Outlaw Inn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sweetwater County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 1630 Elk St., Rock Springs, 82901
  • When was it listed? November 2018
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Rock Springs North
  • National Register reference number. 100003142 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Outlaw Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,767 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined56
Fireworks47
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficePIPELINE
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountySPRINGS
26 September 2020Smokingunder an acreSweetwater CountyBELT LOOP
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyCOLLEGE FIRE
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresRock Springs Field OfficeHORSE CORRAL
21 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMADISON DRIVE FIRE
21 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeWHITE MOUN
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSweetwater CountyI-80 MM107

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Outlaw Inn: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State Highway Department ledge rock quarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

Storms near this property

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Springs, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindRock Springs-A peak wind of 59 knots (68 mph) was clocked at the Rock Springs Airport.

Every storm recorded in Sweetwater 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
Slovenski Dom1.5 miles1997
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and Rectory1.5 miles2015
Gras House1.6 miles1986
Vienna Saloon1.7 miles1994
First National Bank Building1.9 miles1980
City Hall1.9 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100003142 in Record Group 79.
Sweetwater CountyAll 28 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.