BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Carbon County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Verde Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 8 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 233 200 East, Helper, 84526
- When was it listed? February 2007
- Category. building
- Census division. Helper
- National Register reference number. 07000079 - 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
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Verde Homestead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,400 acres in total. 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MARSING |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CARBONVILLE |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Moab Field Office | LYNETTE |
| 7 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODHILL |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | CONSUMERS |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southeast Area | MEADS WASH |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Moab Field Office | HARDSCRABBLE |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | PEERLESS |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Verde Homestead: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowdermilk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Lowdermilk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Sandstone |
Storms near this property
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helper, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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 2006 | Flash Flood | Helper | 2 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Helper | - | Quarter size with some larger hail. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Helper | - | A severe thunderstorm with large hail moved through Carbon County. Several reports of ping pong to golf ball sized hail (1 1/2 to 2 inch) were received in and around Helper and Price. No damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 127 S Main Street | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| 183 South Main Street | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | US Post Office-Helper Main | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
| Newhouse Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| Utah Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| 94 S Main Street | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000079 in Record Group 79. |
| Carbon County | All 26 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.