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James Henry and Ida Owen Mays House

Built in 1920 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The James Henry and Ida Owen Mays House, in Gooding County, Idaho near Wendell, Idaho, was built in 1920 as a one-story house and was expanded to one-and-a-half stories by 1924. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.”

Wikipedia article James Henry and Ida Owen Mays House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Gooding County · listed in 1993 · category: Building · built in 1920, American Craftsman.

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.
  • Listed as. Mays, James Henry and Ida Owen, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Along N bank of Snake R., 1.2 mi. W of Niagara Springs, Wendell, 83355
  • When was it listed? March 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Wendell
  • When was it built? 1920
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 92001412 - 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

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of James Henry and Ida Owen Mays House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined88 acresTwin Falls DistrictWENDELLIST
15 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresTwin Falls DistrictNIAGARA SPRINGS
19 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictNIAGARASP
7 July 1997Debris and open burning24 acresTwin Falls DistrictFISHNGAME1
21 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictNIAGARA
18 July 2011Smoking1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCLEAR LAKES
12 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresTwin Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 3
29 June 2010Natural8.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictCLEAR LAKE

Every fire recorded in Gooding County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of James Henry and Ida Owen Mays House: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Chromium, Iron, Stone. 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
Snake River PlacersGold, Chromium, IronPast Producer1862
State Pit Tf 79StoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gooding County

Storms near this property

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wendell, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022FloodWendell-The driveway was flooded and marble size hail was spotted on the patio.
June 2022HailWendell-A trained spotter reported hail of 1.25 inches near Hagerman, ID.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindWendell-Four power line poles were reported down on a county road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWendell-Social and local media reported trees down and over 1000 without power.
August 2014HailWendell-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
August 2013HailWendell-Local media reported penny to nickel sized hail around the Wendell, Idaho area.

Every storm recorded in Gooding 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

1 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
West Point Grade School6.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001412 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gooding CountyAll 13 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.