Built in 1832 (saltbox). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
“Stringtown House is located east of Bloomfield in rural Davis County, United States. Stringtown was the first town established in the county.”
Wikipedia article Stringtown House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Davis County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1832, saltbox.
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 25 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 527 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | James B. Weaver House | 0.6 miles | 1975 |
 | William Findley House | 0.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Bloomfield Square | 0.8 miles | 1976 |
 | Asa Wilson House | 0.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Bloomfield Public Library | 0.9 miles | 2015 |
 | Davis County Courthouse | 0.9 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74000780 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Davis County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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