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One of 75 National Register listings published here for Weber County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1895.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop
Built in 1895. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wilbur, J.M., Company Blacksmith Shop - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 2145 N 5500 E, Eden, 84317
- When was it listed? January 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. Ogden Valley
- When was it built? 1895
- National Register reference number. 100000513 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,826 acres in total. 16 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 | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWERLINE ROAD |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MIDDLE INLET PICNIC |
| 30 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SKYLAND |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARMINGTON FLAT |
| 26 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Bear River Area | VALLEY |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | POWER PLANT |
| 22 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 29TH STREET |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop: 10 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Radford Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| East Liberty Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29030 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29036 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29037 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29038 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29039 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29040 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29041 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this property
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eden | - | The Mary's Lift mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 77 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyfield Barn | 0.7 miles | 2024 | |
 | Ogden Central Bench Historic District | 6.7 miles | 2005 |
| Pioneer Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District | 7.4 miles | 1989 | |
 | El Monte Golf Course Clubhouse | 7.7 miles | 1985 |
| Ogden Fire Station No. 2 | 7.9 miles | 2020 | |
 | Augustus B. Patton House | 7.9 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000513 in Record Group 79. |
| Weber County | All 75 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.