Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“The Jackson Lake Ranger Station is the last Depression-era U.S. Forest Service ranger station in its original location in Grand Teton National Park.”
Wikipedia article Jackson Lake Ranger Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 1990 · 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 97 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Lake Ranger Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 50 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 | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | LUCKY |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Grand Teton National Park | MATILDA |
| 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 | LOZIER HILL |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PILGRIM MEADOWS |
| 29 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PIE PLATE |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | ELK RANCH |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | COLTER BAY D101 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Lake Ranger Station: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy Lode | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Corridor Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moose, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2007 | Lightning | Moose | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moose | $10,000 | Several trees were downed in a swath from the Death Canyon Trailhead east across the Moose-Wilson Road. Motorists were trapped on the road by fallen trees which were blocking passage. One vehicle was damaged near Death Canyon due to a fallen tree. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moose | - | A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the weather station at the Teton Saddle. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Moose | - | Nickel sized hail was seen at Moose by a trained spotter. |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Moose | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brinkerhoff, The | 1.8 miles | 1990 |
 | Snake River Land Company Residence and Office | 3.5 miles | 2006 |
 | Leek's Lodge | 5.3 miles | |
 | AMK Ranch | 5.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Cunningham Cabin | 6.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Triangle X Barn | 7.4 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000620 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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