BlockFrom the record
One of 111 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Maycock Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Maycock, John, Cabin - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Approx. 20 mi. NE of Kamas and 0.5 mi. W of UT 150, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Kamas, 84036
- When was it listed? March 2005
- Category. building
- Census division. Kamas
- National Register reference number. 05000187 - 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
75 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of John Maycock Cabin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,524 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 43 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CRYSTAL |
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SLATE GORGE |
| 4 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LOST LAKE |
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LILLY LAKE |
| 27 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | UPPER PROVO BRIDGE |
| 2 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MURDOCK FLATS |
| 16 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BROADHEAD LAKE |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MIRROR LAKE 24 |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of John Maycock Cabin: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit In Sec 20 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit In Sec. 20 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept of Hwy Gravel Pit 22060 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys Pit 22062 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit 22062 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kamas, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamas | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Kamas | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported in Kamas. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamas | - | Powerlines and poles blown down by wind |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Grix Cabin | 0.1 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000187 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.