BlockFrom the record
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Sheridan County · listed in 1971 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Connor Battlefield
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. City park on the Tongue River, Ranchester, 82839
- When was it listed? August 1971
- Category. site
- Census division. Sheridan West
- National Register reference number. 71000891 - 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
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Connor Battlefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 550 H STREET |
| 31 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 166 WOLF CREEK RD. |
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sheridan County | 1027 BIGHORN DR |
| 25 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sheridan County | TRUCK PULLING TRAILER W/PROBLEMS |
| 23 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Connor Battlefield: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey Stone Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ranchester, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Ranchester | $125,000 | Several days of heavy rainfall over the Big Horn Mountains and adjacent foothills, as well as the lower elevations resulted in widespread flooding and major impacts along the foothills of Sheridan County. The State Engineers Office Water Division Office measured up to 4 inches of rain between May 26th and May 28th. The following are some of the multiple impacts that occurred across the area:|-Sheridan County Commissioners issued an Emergency Declaration.|- It was reported that Goose Creek saw stream levels rise 3 feet in 15 minutes in Kendrick Subdivision on the 28th. |-The Connor Battlefield State Historic site in Ranchester estimated cost of the damage to roads in that area of $25,000.|-Ranchester City Park was closed due to the flooding. |-Jackson Creek overtopped the road in the town of Big Horn. |-Water covered portions of Tongue Canyon Road. |-Flooding on the Little Goose resulted in the following road closures:| -Soldier Creek road 11 miles west of Sheridan| -Woodland Park Road south of Sheridan| -67 by Wolf Creek in Ranchester| -County Road 116 near Smith Creek.|-One observer reported it was the worse flooding they had seen since 1978. |-The Woodland Park Village (a trailer park of 250 homes) was severely impacted by the | flooding. Other homes in the area were under water.||On May 30th, waters receded below flood stage on all of the gauges in Sheridan County. Local emergency officials did not report any additional flooding concerns. However, some roads remained closed. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ranchester | - | There was a lot of pea-size hail with some quarter-size. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | A truck was blown over at the Wyoming Point of Entry Station. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Ranchester. In addition, two inches of rain in a half hour was also estimated. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Ranchester | - | County officials and spotters reported flooding in the southern end of Ranchester on the Tongue River and Five Mile Creek. Several locations in Ranchester had high water with flooding in low lands and back yards of some homes. In addition, rises on the Tongue River caused the streams and creeks feeding into the river to rise as well. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | Spotters estimated a 70 mph wind gust resulting in 3-4 diameter Cottonwood tree branches down approximately 1 mile northwest of Sheridan. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | Estimated wind gusts of 65 mph were reported in Ranchester. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | Numerous tree branches were reported broken. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Ranchester | - | Two inches of rain fell in one hour. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Ranchester | - | 3.66 inches of rain fell in Ranchester |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Ranchester | - | 4.0 inches of rain fell 5NE Ranchester |
| May 2023 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranchester | - | no account filed |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ECR Kooi Bridge | 3.7 miles | 1985 |
 | Dayton Community Hall | 5.0 miles | 2005 |
 | Dayton Mercantile | 5.3 miles | 2016 |
 | Susan Wissler House | 5.4 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000891 in Record Group 79. |
| Sheridan County | All 29 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.