Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The Emerson Parks House is a historic house in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, United States, that that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”
Wikipedia article Emerson Parks House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Washakie County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Emerson Parks House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 28 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.6 acres | Worland Field Office | 436 ROAD |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | SHRIVER |
| 24 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Worland Field Office | DRY GULCH |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | CANYON CRK |
| 8 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | YUCA |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | ROAD 47 |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 25 acres | Wyoming State Forestry (CDC Area) | SMITH |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | WARNER GULCH |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Emerson Parks House: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Nitrogen-Nitrates | Occurrence | ||
| Packer Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Producer | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Ten Sleep Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Tenseep Canyon | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Davis Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ten Sleep, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 2 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ten Sleep | $50,000 | Ping pong ball sized hail driven by wind gusts estimated to be around 85 mph damaged roofs, rain gutters, windows, and siding of several homes in the Nowood River Valley south of Ten Sleep. The wind also ripped metal roofing from a garage, while another garage was significantly damaged by a toppled Cottonwood tree. A rear flank downdraft associated with a nearby supercell thunderstorm was responsible for the damaging wind. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Ten Sleep | $30,000 | Ping pong ball sized hail fell for several minutes at ranches just west of State Highway 434. Substantial damage was done to the sorghum crop at one ranch. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Ten Sleep | $20,000 | An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds at 130 mph touched down in Northeast Washakie county in a heavily forested area at around 8000 feet. The tornado downed and snapped off around 1,000 trees near ground level during its short path. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ten Sleep | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Ten Sleep | - | The Washakie County emergency manager reported two small mudslides in Ten Sleep Canyon. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | The CO-OP Observer near Big Trails reported half dollar to ping pong ball size hail 3 miles north of Big Trails. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Ten Sleep | - | Washakie County sheriff deputies reported flooding around the Ten Sleep Creek bridge along Highway 16. The water flooded several campsites. The water also got close to surface of the bridge but never topped it. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail near Ten Sleep. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | The public reported quarter size hail to the east of Ten Sleep. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail at a ranch southeast of Ten Sleep. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | Penny sized hail fell at the Wigwam Fish Rearing Station east of Ten Sleep. |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ten Sleep | - | A funnel cloud which appeared white continued to spin for several minutes after a tornado dissipated. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Ten Sleep | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Ten Sleep | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ten Sleep Mercantile | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000265 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washakie County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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