BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Owyhee County · listed in 1999 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gusman, James E., and Emma, Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The listing
- Address. South Mountain Rd., Jordan Valley, 97910
- When was it listed? December 1999
- Category. district
- Census division. Murphy
- National Register reference number. 99001477 - 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
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gusman, James E., and Emma, Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,121 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | EAST FORK 2 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 58 acres | Boise District | HOKIE CREEK |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 9.9 acres | Boise District | LONE TREE |
| 15 September 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Boise District | PLEASANT VALLEY |
| 4 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 943 acres | Boise District | THORNE SPG |
| 29 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | PLEASANT2 |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | WEST GLASS |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Vale District | VALE RFPA 5 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gusman, James E., and Emma, Ranch: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canter's Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Jaca Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jaca Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001477 in Record Group 79. |
| Owyhee County | All 11 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.