Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of US Post Office-Preston Main in 1992, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Idaho Falls District | N WESTON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Preston Main: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Battle Creek Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Vincent Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Wayland Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Preston, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Debris Flow | Preston | $10,000 | At approximately 6:30 pm MDT on the 11th a mud slide necessitated the closure of SH-36 between Ovid and Preston. Continued warming temperatures resulted in two more slides in the area. As of 2:30 pm MDT on the 12th the highway remained closed north of Mink Creek. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Preston | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Preston | $200 | One inch hail fell in Preston with reports of window of car broken out on South First Street by it. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Preston | - | Some flooding in the NE corner of Preston, especially around the Country Club/golf course. Water over the road on Highway 34 in Preston. Also, water reported over the road on Highway 36 up to Mile Marker 7. Water has not been deep enough to necessitate road closures. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Preston | - | Over 1 foot of water was covering South First Street East in Preston after over a half inch of rain fell in 10 minutes. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Preston | - | One inch hail reported near the city of Preston. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Preston | - | One inch hail measured near Preston. |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Preston | - | Funnel cloud viewed over Weston and Preston. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preston | - | Measured wind gust of 64 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preston | - | Preston mesonet site reported sixty-four mph wind gust. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preston | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preston | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Franklin County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 1987 |
 | Matthias Cowley House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Oneida Stake Academy | 0.3 miles | 1975 |
 | Bear River Battleground | 3.7 miles | 1973 |
 | L. H. Hatch House | 6.6 miles | 1973 |
 | Franklin Co-operative Mercantile Institution | 6.7 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000135 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Franklin County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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