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Photograph of Morris Roberts Store
Photograph by JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Morris Roberts Store

Built in 1892. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Morris Roberts Store, located off U.S. 30 in Hagerman, Idaho, was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”

Wikipedia article Morris Roberts Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Gooding County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1892.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Roberts, Morris, Store - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off U.S. 30, Hagerman, 83332
  • When was it listed? July 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Hagerman
  • When was it built? 1892
  • National Register reference number. 78001062 - 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Morris Roberts Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,697 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution64 acresTwin Falls DistrictWINDMILL
29 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictTUTTLESE2
27 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictTUTTLESE
18 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution76 acresHagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentBURNHAWK
1 September 1997Natural150 acresHagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentDEATHMARCH
8 August 1997Debris and open burning80 acresHagerman National Fish HatcheryMGS
3 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictBICKEL
29 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.6 acresTwin Falls DistrictFOSSIL GULCH

Every fire recorded in Gooding County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Morris Roberts Store: 7 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Uranium, Chromium, Iron. 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
Lucky Lolo Uranium ProspectUraniumProspect
Snake River Placer DepositsGold, Chromium, IronPast Producer
Brown PlacerGoldPast Producer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Pit Gd 56Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gooding County

Storms near this property

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hagerman, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
February 2017FloodHagerman$1,500,000Rain and snowmelt on top of saturated and frozen soil led to widespread flooding. A report from social media indicated much of the town of Hagerman including the city park was flooded. Widespread flooding of agricultural lands occurred and some roads were damaged and closed due to flooding.
June 2022HailHagerman-A member of the public posted this photo of hail on social media.
June 2022HailHagerman-There were multiple reports on social media of hail around one inch in diameter.
August 2014HailHagerman-Numerous reports on social media indicated quarter size, power outages and power poles down were observed from Hagerman to Bliss and Gooding.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHagerman-Damage to buildings and power lines down was reported.

Every storm recorded in Gooding 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

3 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
Hagerman State Bank, Limited0.3 miles1989
Owsley Bridge3.3 miles1998
Archie Teater Studio4.8 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001062 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gooding CountyAll 13 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.