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One of 127 National Register listings published here for Yavapai County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rock House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Pine Tree Ln., NW of Groom Creek, Groom Creek, 86303
- When was it listed? December 1994
- Category. building
- Census division. Prescott
- National Register reference number. 94001489 - 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
534 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Rock House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,891 acres in total. 164 started naturally. 26 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 | 171 |
| Natural | 164 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BANNIE |
| 7 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TRITLE |
| 7 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MYRTLE |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | PATCH |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | APPLE |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SUPER |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TRANSCENDENT |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 134 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 134 workings within 5 miles of Rock House: 61 past producers, 35 producers, 23 prospects, 10 unknowns. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Victory Copper | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bill Beard Property | Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1910, 1919 | |
| Cash | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Champion Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1916, 1946 | |
| Chase | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Combination Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1948, 1975 | |
| Comer Group | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Convergens | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Empire Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Producer | 1877, 1912, 1941 |
Storms near this property
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groom Creek, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Groom Creek | $500,000 | Path length over 2 miles with a with of 0.4 miles. EF0-EF1 damage. The tornado occurred between 155 PM and 205 PM MST. Three homes were significantly damaged with light damage to other homes. Numerous pine trees were snapped off and uprooted. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Groom Creek | - | An estimated two feet of water flowing through Banning Creek over the low water crossing on East School House Gulch Road in the community of Groom Creek. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Groom Creek | - | Water was flowing and estimated two feet deep over Stagecoach Road where it crosses Groom Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Groom Creek School | 1.4 miles | 1992 |
| Charles H. Dunning Log Cabin | 3.4 miles | 1993 | |
 | South Prescott Townsite | 3.5 miles | 1998 |
 | Morrison House | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Wilder House | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Wells House | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001489 in Record Group 79. |
| Yavapai County | All 127 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.