Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Fay Shepard House, near Jerome, Idaho, is a lava rock structure built in the year 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”
Wikipedia article L. Fay Shepard House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Jerome County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
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 7 fires within 5 miles of L. Fay Shepard House between 1995 and 2018, burning about 56 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MURTAUGH |
| 19 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | CALDRINLIN |
| 15 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Twin Falls District | NMURTAUGH |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MURTAUGH |
| 27 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MURTAUGH GRADE |
| 11 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | CALDRON LIN |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | CALDRON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of L. Fay Shepard House: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placer Deposits | Gold, Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Murtaugh Placer Deposit | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazelton, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelton | - | A wind gust of 67 MPH was recorded at the ITD Valley interchange. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hazelton | - | One inch hail was reported at North Wilson, North of Hazelton, by a BLM fire crew. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelton | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines and also damaged farm vehicles and irrigation pivots. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hazelton | - | KMVT relayed a report of large hail up to 1.75 inches in Hazelton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldron Linn | 1.2 miles | 1972 | |
 | Marion and Julia Kelley House | 5.6 miles | 1983 |
 | Hazelton Presbyterian Church | 5.8 miles | 1991 |
| Bert and Fay Havens House | 6.5 miles | 1983 | |
| Greenwood School | 6.8 miles | 2020 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002300 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jerome County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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