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Photograph of Guernsey State Park
Photograph by Jack Boucher, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lake Guernsey State Park

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1934 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“Guernsey State Park is a public recreation area surrounding the Guernsey Reservoir, an impoundment of the North Platte River, one mile northwest of the town of Guernsey in Platte County, Wyoming. The state park has campgrounds, boat ramps and hiking trails as well as exceptional examples of structures created by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.”

Wikipedia article Guernsey State Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1997 · category: District · built in 1934, National Park Service rustic, by Civilian Conservation Corps · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • Address. 1 mi. NW of Guernsey, Guernsey, 82215
  • When was it listed? September 1997
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Guernsey
  • When was it built? 1934
  • Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
  • Architect. Civilian Conservation Corps
  • National Register reference number. 97001260 - 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

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lake Guernsey State Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,075 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2002Natural2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
15 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
13 August 1996Arson/incendiarism4,000 acresCasper Field OfficeSPRING CR.
5 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
22 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeSUNRISE
9 June 2012Recreation and ceremony2,810 acresCasper Field OfficeGUERNSEY STATE PARK
27 June 2020Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeDEADMANS GULCH

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake Guernsey State Park: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Copper, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Guernsey QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ingleside QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Jehosephat ProspectIron, CopperOccurrenceHematite, Malachite
UnknownCalciumProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Wilde & Deer Corne MinesSilicaPast Producer
Jehosophat ProspectCopperProspect
Lt Sisson Dolomite DepositDolomiteProspect
UnknownDolomiteProspect
UnknownDolomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guernsey, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 29 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000HailGuernsey$30,000no account filed
July 1997FloodGuernsey$5,000Time approximate; road washed out near Platte River.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGuernsey$1,000Time approximate; residential storm window blown out, large tree split.
July 2025HailGuernsey-Social media post showing ping pong ball size hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGuernsey-Camp Guernsey Airport measured gust 64 mph.
June 2025HailGuernsey-Pictures on Social Media showed numerous 1 inch hailstones east of Guernsey.
June 2024HailGuernsey-Guernsey State Park officials reported quarter sized hail 2 miles NNW of Guernsey.
September 2023HailGuernsey-A trained spotter found 1-inch hail on the ground accumulated several inches deep, approximately 4 miles W of Guernsey. Estimated time hail fell based on radar.
July 2020HailGuernsey-Lasted about 10 minutes. Time estimated off of radar.
June 2017HailGuernsey-Quarter size hail was observed six miles south of Guernsey.
June 2016HailGuernsey-Quarter size hail was reported at Guernsey.
June 2015HailGuernsey-Quarter size hail was observed five miles west of Guernsey.
June 2015HailGuernsey-Golf ball size hail was observed five miles north of Guernsey.
May 2014HailGuernsey-Quarter size hail was reported in Guernsey.
May 2014Flash FloodGuernsey-Highway 26 eight to ten miles west of Guernsey was closed by more than six inches of water.
July 2013HailGuernsey-Quarter size hail was reported just north of Guernsey.
June 2013HailGuernsey-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Guernsey.
June 2012Funnel CloudGuernsey-A funnel cloud was reported a mile east of the Grayrocks Reservoir.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGuernsey-A camper was blown over on a campground bordering the east side of Grayrocks Reservoir.
May 2010HailGuernsey-There was some damage to vehicles with windshield broken.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Guernsey-Brief tornado spotted just east of Interstate 25 near mile marker 94.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGuernsey-Report from military personnel at Camp Guernsey. 3-inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Guernsey-Brief tornado touched down, but caused no damage.
July 2019HailGuernsey-no account filed
August 2019HailGuernsey-no account filed
September 2019HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 2011HailGuernsey-no account filed
August 2011HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 2010HailGuernsey-no account filed
August 2009HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 2008HailGuernsey-no account filed
September 2008HailGuernsey-no account filed
May 2006HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 2005HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGuernsey-no account filed
May 2000HailGuernsey-no account filed
May 2000HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 1997HailGuernsey-no account filed
June 1997HailGuernsey-no account filed

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.

Listed places nearby

4 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Guernsey Lake Park2.8 miles1980
Sunrise Mine Historic District5.5 miles2005
Oregon Trail Ruts5.5 miles1966
Register Cliff7.1 miles1970

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97001260 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Platte CountyAll 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.