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One of 64 National Register listings published here for Jerome County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Edward S. Spencer House and Garage and the Fred Nelson Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Spencer, Edward S., House and Garage and the Fred Nelson Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. N of Jerome, Jerome, 83338
- When was it listed? September 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
- Census division. Jerome
- National Register reference number. 83002303 - 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
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Edward S. Spencer House and Garage and the Fred Nelson Barn between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29,076 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 were 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 use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 73 acres | Twin Falls District | SUBSTATION |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,026 acres | Twin Falls District | POWER STATION |
| 27 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Twin Falls District | CANAL |
| 10 September 2007 | Smoking | 55 acres | Twin Falls District | 700 ROAD |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 556 acres | Twin Falls District | PIPELINE |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 13,131 acres | Twin Falls District | DOUBLE A |
| 25 August 2020 | Natural | 1,556 acres | Eastern Supervisory Area Office | COUNTY LINE |
| 16 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,720 acres | Twin Falls District | NOTCH BUTTE |
Storms near this property
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Jerome | $2,750,000 | Rainfall and rapid melting of low elevation snowpack on top of frozen and saturated soil led to widespread flooding. Many roads around Jerome were damaged and closed due to flood waters. Widespread flooding of agricultural lands occurred. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A tree branch with a width estimated to be 1.5 - 2 feet in diameter fell onto a parked car, causing significant damage to a parked car. Winds are estimated to be 65 MPH, given the size of the branch that fell while also taking into consideration that the branch appeared to be unhealthy in the image. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | The local newspaper reported that a barn had collapsed and power poles were down just north of Jerome. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | The Jerome Butte ITD station reported a wind gust of 64 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | One tree blown down and tin roofing removed from the roof of a barn in Jerome. Images forwarded by KMVT. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Jerome | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail covering most of the ground and damage to his corn crop. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A wind gust of 60 MPH was reported at the Jerome ASOS. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Jerome | - | A Jerome County deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown. No damage was reported. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Jerome | - | Local media reported quarter sized hail around the Jerome, Idaho area. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | KMVT television station reported a large tree was uprooted in Jerome, Idaho. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Jerome | - | The North Side Canal overflowed around the intersection of Tiger Drive and 16th Avenue East on Monday the 17th. City workers cleared mud and debris from streets and some homes and basements were flooded. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | Jerome County Sherrif dispatch reported trees and power lines down in the town of Jerome and the ASOS reported a wind gust of 67 MPH. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | Wide spread thunderstorms moved into in Jerome County. These storms brought, heavy rain and strong winds that blew down trees and caused power outages in Jerome and Gooding counties. Blowing dust across Interstate 84 with visibilities as low as 10 feet caused several accidents. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Jerome | - | The Jerome County Sheriff reported 1.75 inch hailstones from a severe thunderstorm. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Jerome | - | A spotter in Jerome reported 7/8 inch hail with an evening thunderstorm. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jerome | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas J. Kehrer House | 1.4 miles | 1983 |
| Hugh and Susie Goff House | 1.8 miles | 1983 | |
| Charles Bower House | 1.8 miles | 1983 | |
 | George V. Doughty House and Garage | 3.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Don Tooley House | 3.6 miles | 1983 |
 | James Bothwell Water Tank House | 3.9 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002303 in Record Group 79. |
| Jerome County | All 64 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.
- 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.