Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 1978 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 339 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | HIGHWAY 10 |
| 2 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | LITTLE |
| 16 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOY SCOUT |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | WOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE |
| 1 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WOODSLANDI |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOOGER |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Calcium, Iron, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Mine | Gold, Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Silver | |
| Jelm Mountain | Copper, Gold, Bismuth | Prospect | contact vein | |
| Jelm Mountain District | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Red Mountain | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Copper | |
| Annie Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Annie Mine | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Copper Mine | Uranium | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woods Landing, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 5 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Woods Landing | - | Heavy rainfall over portions of the Mullen Burn Scar with estimated rainfall of two to three inches. Subsequent mudslide and debris flow led to a road washout near Highway 230. The Woods Landing Resort also had nearby stream rise out of its bank with water on area campgrounds and a few inches of water were reported in the resort kitchen. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Woods Landing | - | Excessive rainfall in 60 minutes over the Badger Creek burn scar caused debris flow/flash flooding along the Laramie River at Jelm/Woods Landing. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Woods Landing | - | Locally heavy rain in less than 30 minutes over the Badger Creek burn scar led to mud and debris flows across Highway 230 near Woods Landing. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Woods Landing | - | Flash flooding washed out Back River Road and Boswell Ranch Road near Woods Landing. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Woods Landing | - | Two to three inches of rain in a 90-minute period flooded Highway 311/47. Several area streams in central and southern portions of the Squirrel Creek burn scar were running bankfull. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | N. K. Boswell Ranch | 3.1 miles | 1977 |
 | Woods Landing Dance Hall | 3.5 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002816 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Albany County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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