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One of 111 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Patrick B. Watson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Watson, Patrick B., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 962 Norfolk Ave., Park City, 84060
- When was it listed? May 2002
- Category. building
- Also known as. Residences of Mining Boom Era Park City MPS
- Census division. Park City
- National Register reference number. 02000504 - 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
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Patrick B. Watson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RANCH |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RICHARDSON FLATE |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RANCH MORNING |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER VALLEY |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRIGHTON ESTATES |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 214 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 214 workings within 5 miles of Patrick B. Watson House: 144 past producers, 36 occurrences, 29 producers, 5 prospects. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Flag Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Flag Shaft | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag Shaft No. 2 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Tunnel | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Anchor Tunnel Protal | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Balmount Shaft | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1907, 1925, 1952 | |
| California Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Central Wasatch Range Group | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium | Past Producer | Surface, Underground | |
| Comstock Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Constellation Shaft | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park City, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | The PacifiCorp Aerie mesonet station near Park City measured an initial wind gust of 60 mph at 3:00 pm MST, followed by a peak wind gust of 65 mph at 3:10 pm MST, as a result of strong outflow from nearby convection. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Park City | - | Penny-sized hail fell in Park City. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | The Mount Baldy sensor at Deer Valley recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | Dry Microburst |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charles Meadowcroft House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Nathaniel J. Williams House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Joseph D. Harris House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Jesse Morgan House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
| Frank Hansen House | under 500 feet | 1984 | |
 | Wilson I. Snyder House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000504 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 111 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.