Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 1990 · 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 65 fires within 5 miles of AMK Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,159 acres in total. 31 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 | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Grand Teton National Park | COLTER |
| 6 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | I-LOOP |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PILGRIM MEADOWS |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | COLTER BAY D101 |
| 16 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | BEAR BARREL |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | 12 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WILLOW DRAW |
| 7 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | TRAP |
| 5 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | GECKO |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of AMK Ranch: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corridor Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pilgrim Creek | Gold | Occurrence | 1870 | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moran, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Lightning | Moran | 1 killed, 1 hurt | On Tuesday evening, August 2, 2022 lightning struck a group of backpackers camped at Enos Lake in the Teton Wilderness. One person, a 22-year-old male, died in the incident, while another, an adult male, sustained major injuries. The lightning bolt reportedly hit the backpackers at camp. The men were part of a group of 14 adults on an organized wilderness trip. This information is directly from a Teton County Search and Rescue press release describing the event. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Moran | 5 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | $15,000 | A collapsing thunderstorm produced damaging outflow wind. Several large trees and power poles were blown down, especially in the area of Colter Bay and Pilgrim Creek in Grand Teton National Park. Several interior service roads in the park were temporarily blocked by downed trees. Large plate-glass windows were blown out in the Mural Room of Jackson Lake Lodge but no injuries were reported. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Moran | - | Hail to the size of nickels was reported at Signal Mountain Lodge. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Moran | - | Nickel sized hail and wind gusts approaching 50 mph were reported at the Signal Mountain Marina. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Leek's Lodge | 0.6 miles | |
 | Jackson Lake Ranger Station | 5.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Brinkerhoff, The | 6.5 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000615 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Teton County | All 65 listed properties in this county. |
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