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Photograph of Albion Methodist Church
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Albion Methodist Church

Built in 1888. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Albion Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at 102 North St. in Albion, Idaho. The church was built in 1888-89 for Albion's Methodist congregation, which was established in 1878.”

Wikipedia article Albion Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Cassia County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1888.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 102 North St., Albion, 83311
  • When was it listed? September 1986
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Albion
  • When was it built? 1888
  • National Register reference number. 86002161 - 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Albion Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,321 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2007Natural10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 11
9 August 1997Debris and open burning580 acresTwin Falls DistrictHWY77MP20
5 August 2012Natural4.6 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSOUTH HOT WELL
5 August 1994Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictALBION
4 August 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPINE KNOB
31 August 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPOTTER
29 August 2001Natural4.9 acresTwin Falls DistrictMARSHCREEK
21 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCOTTERELL

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Albion Methodist Church: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Silver, Lead. 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
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitClayUnknown
Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, LeadPast ProducerMetamorphic
Old Dominion MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1888
Old Dominion MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Unnamed LocationLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this property

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2005Flash FloodAlbion$6,500Marsh Creek in Albion flooded. A culvert was washed and one home was flooded.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A 59 mph wind gust recorded at Connor Summit on Idaho 77.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A 58 mph wind gust measured off of 950 S.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A private weather station measured a 65 mph wind gust near Highway 77.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Albion.
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Albion-A weak tonado was confirmed with photographs about 4 to 5 miles east northeast of Albion. It was in open land and did no damage.
August 2007HailAlbion-One inch hail was reported at the Albion post office by a weather spotter.
August 1997HailAlbion-Dime-size hail reported by two storm spotters in Albion. Hail accumulated to one inch.
June 2004HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2004HailAlbion-no account filed
June 1998HailAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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

2 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
Swanger Hall0.3 miles1978
Albion Normal School Campus0.3 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002161 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cassia CountyAll 7 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.