Robert Grant Ranch

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Robert Grant Ranch was established in 1891 in Platte County, Wyoming by Scottish immigrant Robert Grant. The ranch represents a complete homestead with a representative collection of buildings and structures associated with a self-sufficient ranching operation in Wyoming.”
Wikipedia article Robert Grant Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1995 · category: District.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 7 buildingss, 3 structuress, 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Grant, Robert, Ranch - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 433 Richeau Rd., Wheatland, 82201
When was it listed? September 1995
Category. district
Census division. Chugwater
National Register reference number. 95001073 - 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

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Robert Grant Ranch between 2012 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

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 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	not named
12 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	120 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	BORDEAUX
30 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	not named
10 December 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	TUB FIRE

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

60 of 161 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatland, the town this property stands in, in 161 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 126 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 4 flash flood. 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
June 2012	Tornado (EF2)	Wheatland	1 hurt	A large tornado touched down west of Wheatland and moved to the southeast across western Platte County. The tornado remained in contact with the ground for just over an hour before dissipating northeast of Chugwater. An NWS survey team rated the tornado an EF2 with maximum winds estimated between 130 and 135 mph. The damage assessment revealed the most significant damage to be along Olson Road, about 6 miles southwest of Wheatland. An unoccupied mobile home was completely destroyed, with unrecognizable debris spread about 50 yards from the foundation. A poorly constructed modular home with a crawl space was completely swept from its foundation, with parts of the metal frame found one quarter of a mile away. Many outbuildings on various properties were severely damaged or completely destroyed. A well-constructed one to two family home lost a large portion of the roof, but most of the walls remained intact with the exception of the garage. The most significant damage, however, was found near the intersection of Grange and Olson Roads. A very well constructed and recently completed barn was demolished, with debris found more than two miles away. In addition to the building damage, numerous large cottonwood trees were either snapped or uprooted but were not debarked. The tornado also derailed 6 empty rail cars about 6 miles northeast of Chugwater, shortly before it dissipated. The tornado crossed Interstate 25 just south of the Bordeaux exit at about 14:38 MST. No vehicles were affected by the tornado as it crossed the interstate. One person suffered minor injury from flying debris.
July 1994	Tornado (F1)	Wheatland	$50,000	A severe thunderstorm developed over central Platte County of southeastern Wyoming on the evening of the 14th and struck the area near Wheatland. This storm produced a small tornado southwest of Wheatland which moved northeast at struck the southern part of the city. Two garages were leveled, one of which was torn from its foundation and thrown into a heap on the opposite side of the road. A covered porch was also torn from a house and thrown across the street. Several large trees were twisted off at their bases and tossed about. Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain also accompanied the storm. Hail up to the size of golf balls, which was left standing four to six inches deep after the storm, demolished a car dealership causing $15,000 damage. This storm also produced damaging winds north of Wheatland which sheared off acres of 6 foot corn stalks at the ground and snapped four power poles at their bases. No one was injured in the storm.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	$10,000	no account filed
July 1994	Hail	Wheatland	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm developed over central Platte County of southeastern Wyoming on the evening of the 14th and struck the area near Wheatland. This storm produced a small tornado southwest of Wheatland which moved northeast at struck the southern part of the city. Two garages were leveled, one of which was torn from its foundation and thrown into a heap on the opposite side of the road. A covered porch was also torn from a house and thrown across the street. Several large trees were twisted off at their bases and tossed about. Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain also accompanied the storm. Hail up to the size of golf balls, which was left standing four to six inches deep after the storm, demolished a car dealership causing $15,000 damage. This storm also produced damaging winds north of Wheatland which sheared off acres of 6 foot corn stalks at the ground and snapped four power poles at their bases. No one was injured in the storm.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm developed over central Platte County of southeastern Wyoming on the evening of the 14th and struck the area near Wheatland. This storm produced a small tornado southwest of Wheatland which moved northeast at struck the southern part of the city. Two garages were leveled, one of which was torn from its foundation and thrown into a heap on the opposite side of the road. A covered porch was also torn from a house and thrown across the street. Several large trees were twisted off at their bases and tossed about. Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain also accompanied the storm. Hail up to the size of golf balls, which was left standing four to six inches deep after the storm, demolished a car dealership causing $15,000 damage. This storm also produced damaging winds north of Wheatland which sheared off acres of 6 foot corn stalks at the ground and snapped four power poles at their bases. No one was injured in the storm.
August 1996	Hail	Wheatland	$5,000	no account filed
September 1996	Flash Flood	Wheatland	$2,000	no account filed
September 2024	Hail	Wheatland	-	A trained spotter in Wheatland Wyoming reported 1 inch diameter hail.
May 2023	Hail	Wheatland	-	Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in the city of Wheatland by Emergency Management officials.
May 2023	Hail	Wheatland	-	Emergency manager reported nickel size hail in Wheatland.
July 2022	Hail	Wheatland	-	Nickel sized hail was reported in the city of Wheatland.
June 2022	Hail	Wheatland	-	Heavy rain with penny to nickel sized hail reported by Platte County Emergency Manager.
May 2020	Hail	Wheatland	-	Minor leaf damage included in report.
May 2020	Hail	Wheatland	-	Report with image of hail 30 min after storm passed.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	-	An antenna tower was blown over at the KYCN radio. Winds estimated by the radio station staff and based on the tower that was fell.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	-	Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed just northeast of Chugwater.
July 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed southwest of Wheatland.
May 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed southeast of Wheatland.
May 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was observed at Wheatland.
July 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed near Bordeaux.
July 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed north of Wheatland.
July 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed at Wheatland.
May 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Wheatland.
May 2018	Hail	Wheatland	-	Half dollar size hail was observed east of Wheatland.
June 2017	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed at Wheatland.
June 2017	Hail	Wheatland	-	Grapefruit size hail was observed a mile south of Wheatland. Several vehilcle windshilds were damaged.
June 2017	Hail	Wheatland	-	Hen egg to baseball size hail damaged many vehicles and windows in Wheatland.
June 2017	Hail	Wheatland	-	Grapefruit size hail was observed three miles south of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported southwest of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported seven miles southwest of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Tennis ball size hail was reported west of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was reported southwest of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was reported northwest of Wheatland.
June 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Ping pong ball size hail was reported north of Wheatland.
July 2016	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail covered the ground 14 miles southwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed six miles south of Glendo State Park.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed 25 miles north of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Ping pong ball size hail was observed four miles north of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was observed nine miles west-northwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed six miles west of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was observed 11 miles west-southwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed eight miles west of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was observed three miles northwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported 15 miles west of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed at Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Tennis ball size hail was reported near Interstate 25 eight miles south of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Hen egg size hail was observed six miles southwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Ping pong ball size hail was observed near Highway 34 19 miles southwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Golf ball size hail was observed five miles northwest of Wheatland.
June 2015	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported four miles west-northwest of Wheatland.
May 2014	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was observed northwest of Wheatland.
July 2014	Hail	Wheatland	-	Penny to quarter size hail was reported northeast of Bordeaux.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	-	Winds gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph at Twin Pine Ranch.
July 2014	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported southwest of Wheatland.
July 2014	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported east of Wheatland.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Wheatland	-	Two to four inches of rain in three hours caused flash flooding across west and southwest parts of Wheatland to the west of Interstate 25. Eighteen inches of water was flowing over Palmer Canyon Road 1.5 miles west of Wheatland. Water was a foot deep over Highway 312 one mile southwest of Wheatland.
May 2014	Hail	Wheatland	-	Penny to quarter size hail was observed southwest of Wheatland.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wheatland	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph.
August 2013	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported south of Wheatland.
June 2013	Hail	Wheatland	-	Quarter size hail was reported just west of Wheatland.

Every storm recorded in Platte 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95001073 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Platte County	All 14 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.