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One of 42 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John G. Turner House
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. Turner, John G., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. W of Richfield, Richfield, 83352
- When was it listed? September 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
- Census division. Shoshone
- National Register reference number. 83002392 - 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
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of John G. Turner House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,151 acres in total. 7 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 use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 1995 | Natural | 519 acres | Twin Falls District | DIETRICHBT |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Twin Falls District | MM 181 |
| 1 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 104 acres | Twin Falls District | CRATER BUTTE |
| 9 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY93MP175 |
| 8 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | RIVERWOOD |
| 28 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 acres | Twin Falls District | PATTERSON |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | LINCOLN |
| 24 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | CUTOFF |
Storms near this property
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | At mile post 169 on highway 26 four trees and 2 power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. Power lines fell on the highway and only one lane was open for several hours. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A large power outage reported across the city of Richfield due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 59 mph wind gust near Richfield. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 68 mph wind gust measured at the Richfield mesonet site. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind was measured in Richfield. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured by Richfield. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Richfield | - | Golf ball sized hail reported in Richfield. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Richfield | - | One inch hail reported in the city of Richfield. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | Mesonet site at Richfield measured a 61 mph wind gust at 8:13 pm MDT. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Richfield | - | Tornado over open ground near Mammoth Ice Caves. No damage occurred. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Richfield | - | One inch hail in Richfield. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Johnson Water Tank House | 1.4 miles | 1983 | |
| Louis Johnson Barn | 1.6 miles | 1983 | |
| Birdie Boussuet Farm | 3.1 miles | 1983 | |
| Kenneth G. Phelphs Barn | 4.5 miles | 1983 | |
| W. H. Baugh House | 4.7 miles | 1983 | |
 | James H. Laine Barn | 5.1 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002392 in Record Group 79. |
| Lincoln County | All 42 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.