BlockFrom the record
One of 46 National Register listings published here for Navajo County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Norman Brimhall House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Brimhall, Norman, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 210 S. Main St., Taylor, 85937
- When was it listed? March 2004
- Category. building
- Census division. Snowflake
- National Register reference number. 04000137 - 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
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Norman Brimhall House between 1994 and 2019, burning about 80 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 were 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | CEDARCYN/E |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 177 |
| 21 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 159 |
| 2 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | THREE FIFTY FIVE |
| 16 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 152 |
| 14 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PINEDALE |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Norman Brimhall House: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Wash Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 5 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Flash flooding closed Gene Taylor Ranch Road at Dobson Wash. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused street flooding in Taylor including Paper Mill Road and West Willow Lane. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Taylor Police reported that East Willow Lane was closed due to water running over the roadway. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding (curb to curb) in Taylor. Water was also flowing between homes and creating trenches. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Several roads were flooded in and around Taylor. Part of Airport Road washed out near Highway 77. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Snowflake and Taylor Police Department reported flooding in Cottonwood Wash and Silver Creek along Highway 277. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Heavy rain caused flooding throughout the Snowflake and Taylor area. Ten to twelve homes were flooded. Water was knee deep in one yard. The Snowflake-Concho road was flooded and impassable. Highway 77 was also flooded. |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquilla Standifird House | under 500 feet | 2004 | |
| Jordan Palmer House | 0.1 miles | 2004 | |
| A.Z. Palmer House | 0.3 miles | 2004 | |
 | Snowflake Stake Academy Building | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Jesse N. Smith House | 3.3 miles | 1971 |
 | John R. Hulet House | 3.4 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000137 in Record Group 79. |
| Navajo County | All 46 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.