Obsidian Cliff Kiosk

Built in 1931 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Obsidian Cliff, also known as 48YE433, was an important source of lithic materials for prehistoric peoples in Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States. The cliff was named by Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent in 1878.”
Wikipedia article Obsidian Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 1982 · category: Structure · built in 1931, rustic architecture, by National Park Service.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth, 82190
When was it listed? July 1982
Category. structure
Also known as. Yellowstone National Park MPS
Census division. Yellowstone National Park
When was it built? 1931
Architectural style. rustic architecture
Architect. National Park Service
National Register reference number. 82001719 - 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

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Obsidian Cliff Kiosk in 2003, burning under an acre 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
Natural	2

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 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Yellowstone National Park	INDIAN CRK
12 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Yellowstone National Park	WILLOW

Every fire recorded in Park 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

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Obsidian Cliff	1.8 miles	1996
	Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station	6.8 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82001719 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Park County	All 38 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.