Shelton L.D.S. Ward Chapel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Bonneville County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

Sources: 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.
Address. SW of Ririe on Shelton Rd, Ririe, 83401
When was it listed? August 1979
Category. building
Census division. Ucon
National Register reference number. 79000783 - 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shelton L.D.S. Ward Chapel between 1992 and 2017, burning about 44 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	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
3 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	BONNEVILLE COUNTY ASSIST 3
12 August 2005	Power generation/transmission/distribution	7.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	CANYON
4 July 1992	Other causes	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	TWIN BRDGS
30 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.4 acres	Idaho Falls District	SPILLWAY
11 June 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Idaho Falls District	WILLOW CR
2 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	RIRIE DAM
27 October 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	RIVER

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shelton L.D.S. Ward Chapel: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wheeler Pit No 4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bonneville 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 79000783 in Record Group 79.
Bonneville County	All 31 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.