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One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1899.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
James and Emily Herbert House
Built in 1899. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Herbert, James and Emily, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 388 W Main St., American Fork, 84663
- When was it listed? January 2018
- Category. building
- Also known as. American Fork, Utah MPS
- Census division. Springville-Mapleton
- When was it built? 1899
- National Register reference number. 100001983 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of James and Emily Herbert House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,766 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | UPPEER CREEK |
| 24 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | JOLLYS |
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CEDAR CANYON |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BARTHOLOMEW |
| 17 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SNAKE PIT |
| 15 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PROVO PK. |
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 James and Emily Herbert House: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Marble, Dimension, Silver, Gold, Lead, Uranium, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdseye Marble | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Southern Wasatch Range Combined | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Stout Onyx Claim | Gemstone | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Stout Onyx Claim Mine | Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Surprise Group | Silver, Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Balsam Phosphate Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | Collophane | |
| Southern Wasatch Range #1 | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect |
Storms near this property
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Fork, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Hail | American Fork | $300,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | American Fork | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | American Fork | $10,000 | A small tornado was spotted and recorded by a member of the public. The tornado removed a metal roof from a barn, and did minor damage to trees and other outbuildings in the area. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The sensor at American Fork Marina recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| August 2010 | Hail | American Fork | - | Hail stones ranging in size from 0.75 inches to 1 inch in diameter were reported near Highland. |
| August 1997 | Hail | American Fork | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas and Elizabeth Coddington House | 0.6 miles | 2018 |
 | Robert and Mary Ann Singleton House | 1.0 miles | 2018 |
 | Thomas and Eliza Jane Singleton House | 1.0 miles | 2018 |
 | Joseph and Margaret Wilkinson House | 4.5 miles | 2013 |
 | Barrett-Homer-Larsen Farmstead | 4.6 miles | 2016 |
 | James P. and Lydia Strang House | 7.3 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001983 in Record Group 79. |
| Utah County | All 183 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.