Jenney Stockade Site

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

From the record

“The Jenney Stockade was a stage station on the Cheyenne-Deadwood route near Newcastle, Wyoming. It also served as a headquarters for a military expedition to the Black Hills to survey the area for minerals.”
Wikipedia article Jenney Stockade Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Weston County · listed in 1969 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off US 16, Newcastle, 82701
When was it listed? September 1969
Category. site
Census division. Newcastle
National Register reference number. 69000198 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Jenney Stockade Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 30 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	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wyoming State Forestry	RANCH MARKET BURN
4 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wyoming State Forestry	not named
17 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	SUMMIT
9 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	FLAG
8 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	FANNY
24 August 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wyoming State Forestry	HAMMOND BURN
24 August 2004	Natural	2.0 acres	New Castle Field Office	WHOOP UP
23 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	4.1 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	SALT CREEK

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Jenney Stockade Site: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Newcastle #2	Clay	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Unknown	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Unknown	Flagstone	Producer
Lak Reservoir Area #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Lak Reservoir Area #3	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Sheldon Canyon	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Stockade Beaver Creek #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
O'Neil Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Raby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Weston County

Storms near this property

60 of 129 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcastle, the town this property stands in, in 129 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 70 hail, 50 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2001	Tornado (F0)	Newcastle	2 hurt	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Newcastle	$500,000	no account filed
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$250,000	Trees, power lines, fences, and signs were blown down throughout Newcastle. Roof and window damage was reported to buildings and homes.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Newcastle	$100,000	Heavy rains fell across Newcastle during the early evening hours. Two to four inches of rain fell in about an hour, causing flooding of streets and residences north and west of downtown. Previous rains earlier in the week saturated the soil and may have contributed to more severe flooding. Loose debris and wood clogged culverts, worsening flooding near and along the railroad tracks northwest of downtown Newcastle. Some minor damage was noted as water entered some homes. A beauty shop in downtown Newcastle also reported some minor damage from flooding.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$75,000	Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused minor damage in Newcastle, including trees and branches blown down.
July 2019	Flood	Newcastle	$10,000	Dewey Road was inundated with water in several locations. A culvert on Dewey Road near Hay Creek was washed out.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$10,000	Ten empty coal train cars were derailed by strong wind gusts.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$5,000	Wind -riven small hail broke windows, damaged siding, and snapped trees.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$5,000	A business had a plate glass window blown out and part of its roof torn off.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$4,000	A storage shed was destroyed, large tree branches were blown down, and shingles were torn off a house.
July 2014	Hail	Newcastle	$2,000	Large hail ripped bark off trees, dented cars, and smashed a rain gauge.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$1,000	A warning siren pole fell on a power line.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	$1,000	A railroad crossing arm was broken off its post at the Main Street crossing.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	WY mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at near 60 mph.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts near 60 mph.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2021	Hail	Newcastle	-	The combination of golf ball sized hail and gusty winds damaged homes and vehicles in Newcastle.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Trees up to 12 inches in diameter were snapped.
July 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Newcastle	-	A tornado touched down southeast of Newcastle and moved into western South Dakota. No damage was reported.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2018	Heavy Rain	Newcastle	-	The cooperative observer in Newcastle reported 3.71 inches of rain over a three day period.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Several spotters reported wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Large hail and wind gusts to 60 mph accompanied the storm.
June 2015	Hail	Newcastle	-	Hail to quarter size covered the ground and stripped leaves from trees.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Two four- to five-inch diameter trees were blown over by the wind.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph.
July 2010	Hail	Newcastle	-	Quarter sized hail fell in Newcastle and east of town.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	None.
May 2008	Flood	Newcastle	-	Heavy rain caused flooding in Newcastle, Clareton, and Rochelle. Minor flooding was observed along Skull Creek near Newcastle.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	Strong winds developed along highway 450 west of Newcastle.
July 1999	Tornado (F0)	Newcastle	-	Brief touchdown. Path width and length estimated.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	no account filed
May 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Newcastle	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weston 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

4 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable	4.8 miles	1994
US Post Office-Newcastle Main	5.4 miles	1987
Newcastle Commercial District	5.5 miles	2009
Weston County Courthouse	5.5 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 69000198 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Weston County	All 6 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.