Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The Elk Mountain Hotel, also known as the John S. Evans Hotel, Mountain View Hotel and Grandview Hotel was built in 1905 in Elk Mountain, Wyoming on the bank of the Medicine Bow River.”
Wikipedia article Elk Mountain Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Carbon County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elk Mountain Hotel between 2006 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MM 255 |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Carbon County | 265 FIRE |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | RIDLEY FIRE |
| 20 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | I80 MP 255E |
| 10 May 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Carbon County | HOBBS |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carbon County | N/A |
| 22 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | CHEROKEE |
| 22 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carbon County | MP262 GRASS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elk Mountain Hotel: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddler's Green | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| State Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk Mountain, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Elk Mountain (WY19) reported maximum wind gust. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at County Road 402 (WY20) measured wind gust 3 miles east-southeast of Elk Mountain. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at County Road 402 measured maximum wind gust. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor along Interstate 80 roughly three miles northwest of Elk Mountain measured the reported wind gust. Lightning data was not present before and shortly after the wind speeds were recorded. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | WYDOT mesonet station WY19 - Elk Mountain along I-80 reported wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | A peak wind gust of 63 mph was measured by the WYDOT sensor at Halleck Ridge. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Mountain | - | A peak wind gust of 58 mph was measured by the WYDOT sensor at Halleck Ridge. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Elk Mountain | - | Hail drifts of four to five inches deep against buildings. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Elk Mountain | - | Excessive water from nearby snow melt caused the Medicine Bow river on the southwest side of town to flood. Houses near the river were sand bagged to prevent flood damage. Estimated time and duration of event. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Elk Mountain | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DFU Elk Mountain Bridge | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Fort Halleck | 5.4 miles | 1970 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003233 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carbon County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
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