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One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 2025 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Wilson Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. Main Street & W Highway 22, Wilson, 83014
- When was it listed? July 2025
- Category. district
- Census division. Jackson Hole
- National Register reference number. 100012032 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | CORN COB |
| 7 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | POWER POLE |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | THIMBLEBERRY |
| 25 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | TRASHY CAMP |
| 17 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | MIDNIGHT |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | FISH |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wilson Commercial Historic District: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosquito Creek Trench | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Crescent H Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tucker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Wilson South Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | $250,000 | Hundreds 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | $80,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Wilson | $50,000 | Heavy 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | $10,000 | Power 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | - | The public reported limbs down in Jackson. Downed trees knocked out power to 383 customers in Wilson. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Wilson | - | The public reported quarter size hail on Teton Pass. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wilson | - | Nickel sized hail was reported a few miles south of Wilson. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Wilson | - | A public report indicated hail of penny to nickel size fell a few miles west of Jackson. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wilson | - | Numerous storm spotters reported pea to quarter sized hail in Jackson. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson | - | The Teton County Sheriff's Office relayed that thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Wilson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hardeman Barns | 0.3 miles | 2015 |
 | St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory | 5.7 miles | 1978 |
| Snake River Ranch | 5.7 miles | 2004 | |
 | Wort Hotel | 5.8 miles | 1999 |
 | George Washington Memorial Park | 5.8 miles | 2003 |
 | Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43 | 5.8 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012032 in Record Group 79. |
| Teton County | All 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.
- 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.