BlockFrom the record
One of 80 National Register listings published here for Cache County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
McMurdie-White Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- Listed as. McMurdie--White Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 395 W. 9000 S., Paradise, 84328
- When was it listed? September 2005
- Category. building
- Census division. Hyrum
- National Register reference number. 05001106 - 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
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of McMurdie-White Farmstead between 1992 and 2019, burning about 449 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYRUM BLVD |
| 13 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TROY PARKER |
| 1 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SQUIRREL RIDGE |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST CANYON |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GOSHEN |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYRUM DRY |
| 28 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST CANYON 2 |
| 21 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYRUM DAM |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of McMurdie-White Farmstead: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyrum Canyon Claim | Iron, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Jarosite, Marcasite, Siderite, Sphalerite | |
| Hyrum Canyon Claim | Lead, Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lead King | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Moon Mine | Zinc, Lead, Iron, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Moon Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Dept No 3023 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept No 3025 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit No 3026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paradise, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1997: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Hail | Paradise | $10,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John P. and Sarah James House | 0.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Paradise Tithing Office | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Hyrum First Ward Meetinghouse | 4.1 miles | 1980 |
| Hyrum Stake Tithing Office | 4.5 miles | 1985 | |
 | Elite Hall | 4.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Soren Hanson House | 4.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001106 in Record Group 79. |
| Cache County | All 80 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.