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John A. Bagley House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Bagley House, located at 155 N. 5th St. in Montpelier in Bear Lake County, Idaho, is a Queen Anne-style house built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”

Wikipedia article John A. Bagley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Bear Lake County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Bagley, John A., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 155 N. 5th St., Montpelier, 83254
  • When was it listed? January 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Montpelier
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 78001046 - 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of John A. Bagley House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
7 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestLEFT FORK
28 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined49 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBNK VLY II
18 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
21 June 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestHOME CANYON
8 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burning49 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
14 March 1994Smoking160 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMONTPELIER

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of John A. Bagley House: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. 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
Waterloo MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Oil Shale, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1907
Montpelier Canyon Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Montpelier Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1908
Owen QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Bear Lake ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bennington Canyon MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1941
Department of Highways, Pit No 011aSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Home Canyon MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerBedded - Phosphate
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

Storms near this property

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montpelier, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMontpelier$70,000no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Montpelier$20,000no account filed
July 2011FloodMontpelier$2,000Extensive lowland and field flooding continued through much of July along the Bear River upstream of Stewart Dam. Water continued to surround a couple homes in the dingle area and water continued to impact a portion of Pegram Road near the town of Pegram. Water levels on the river receded considerably beginning July 24th.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindMontpelier$1,000Trees reported down in Montpelier on Eastshore Road and Highway 89 with carport roof blown off as well in the town.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMontpelier$400A large tree snapped due to a strong thunderstorm wind on July 4th.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMontpelier$300no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-The Sheep Creek Hills mesonet site recorded a 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-The Sheep Creek Hills mesonet station PC506 recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-The Sheep Creek Hills mesonet site recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the Sheep Creek Hills PACIFICORP mesonet site.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-A 66 mph wind gust was measured at the mesonet station PC506 Sheep Hills Creek.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-Sheep Creek Hills mesonet site recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Sheep Creek Hills Pacificorp mesonet site.
June 2018Flash FloodMontpelier-A strong thunderstorm dumped heavy rain and hail on Montpelier. Washington Street, one of the main streets in the city, had several inches of water running on it. Extensive hail fell as well with some small branches and limbs downed from trees and minor crop damage reported.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-Spotter measured a 65 mph wind gust west of Montpelier.
May 2016HailMontpelier-One inch hail in Montpelier with small branches stripped off trees.
June 2011HailMontpelier-A trained spotter reported 2 inch hail in Montpelier.
June 2011HailMontpelier-One inch hail reported by spotter 1 mile north of Montpelier.
June 2011FloodMontpelier-Extensive lowland and field flooding occurred along the Bear River upstream of Stewart Dam. Two homes in the dingle area were surrounded by water. Waterh encroached on some outbuildings and agricultural supp0lies were flooded in low lying areas. Water covered a portion of Pegram Road near the town of Pegram. The Bear border river gauge was inundated with water. Extensive flooding of fields occurred along the lower end of teh Thomas Fork near the confluence with the Bear River.
May 2011FloodMontpelier-Extensive lowland and field flooding occurred along the Bear River upstream of Stewart Dam. Two homes in the dingle area surrounded by water. Water covered a portion of Pegram Road near the town of Pegram. Water flowed across Poverty Flat Road near the intersection with Pegram Road. Extensive lowland flooding also occurred along the Thomas Fork near the Wyoming Border. Water flowed across county roads and some livestock corrals were inundated with water. Humerous small creeks draining east into Bear River and Bear Lake exceeded their banks and caused damage and washouts along back country roads. Montpelier Creek caused flooding of some prpoerties in the canyon east of the town of Montpelier.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-Spotter reported 61 mph wind gust.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMontpelier-A 65 mph wind gust was measured from thunderstorm wind in Montpelier.

Every storm recorded in Bear Lake 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
Montpelier Historic District0.5 miles1978
Montpelier Odd Fellows Hall0.6 miles1978
Franklin Rogers Bungalow6.6 miles1982
Oren Law House and Outbuildings7.7 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001046 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bear Lake CountyAll 92 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.