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Photograph of James T. Saban Lookout
Photograph by United States Forest Service, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

James T. Saban Lookout

Built in 1942. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

From the record

“Saban Lookout, also known as the High Park Lookout, is a fire lookout tower located in Bighorn National Forest near Ten Sleep, Wyoming in Washakie County, Wyoming. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.”

Wikipedia article James T. Saban Lookout, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Washakie County · listed in 2016 · category: Structure · built in 1942.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Saban, James T., Lookout - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Approx. .9 mi. SW. of US 16 & FS Rd. 429, Ten Sleep, 82442
  • When was it listed? November 2016
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Ten Sleep
  • When was it built? 1942
  • National Register reference number. 16000781 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of James T. Saban Lookout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 were 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBighorn National ForestUNIT 12
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestSTARGATE
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestLINE
30 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBighorn National ForestTYRRELL
3 September 1993Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestEAST VEES #1
3 September 1993Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestEAST VEES #2
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.1 acresWorland Field OfficeCARTER
12 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestCANYON CREEK

Every fire recorded in Washakie County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of James T. Saban Lookout: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos. 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
Canyon Creek ClaimAsbestosProspect
Canyon Creek TalcTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Canyon CreekUraniumOccurrence
Claim AreaUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Washakie County

Storms near this property

28 since 1997

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep$50,000Ping 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 2010HailTen Sleep$30,000Ping 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 2018Tornado (EF2)Ten Sleep$20,000An 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 2005Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep$10,000no account filed
May 2019FloodTen Sleep-The Washakie County emergency manager reported two small mudslides in Ten Sleep Canyon.
June 2018HailTen Sleep-The CO-OP Observer near Big Trails reported half dollar to ping pong ball size hail 3 miles north of Big Trails.
May 2018FloodTen 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 2018HailTen Sleep-A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail near Ten Sleep.
June 2017HailTen Sleep-The public reported quarter size hail to the east of Ten Sleep.
June 2011HailTen Sleep-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail at a ranch southeast of Ten Sleep.
August 2010HailTen Sleep-Penny sized hail fell at the Wigwam Fish Rearing Station east of Ten Sleep.
August 2010Funnel CloudTen Sleep-A funnel cloud which appeared white continued to spin for several minutes after a tornado dissipated.
July 2003Flash FloodTen Sleep-no account filed
August 2003HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2003Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
May 1999HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washakie 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 16000781 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washakie CountyAll 7 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.