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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Morgan County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morgan Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by 700 East, 350 North, 400 West and 300 South, Morgan, 84050
- When was it listed? April 2022
- Category. district
- Census division. Morgan North
- National Register reference number. 100007519 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,016 acres in total. 25 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 | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST YOUNG |
| 9 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONGWIRE FIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMO FIRE |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLRACE FIRE |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SCOTTS NALE |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARKS DON'T SLEEP |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WIDOWMAKER FIRE |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOUNTAIN GREEN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Historic District: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Copper, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Eagle and Morgan Consolidated | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Highway Dept No 15022 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | Muscovite | |
| Unknown Prospect | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Phil Shop Hollow Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Phil Shop Hollow Copper Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Ree's Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite | |
| Rees Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Claim | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite |
Storms near this property
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Flood | Morgan | $50,000 | Heavy rain caused flooding in and around the town of Morgan, Utah, with the most damage occurring along Morgan Valley Drive. Four residential basements were flooded in this area, and water flowed over some roadways. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Morgan | $5,000 | State Route 66 between Morgan and East Canyon Reservoir began flooding on the 12th, resulting in closure. It was opened the next day. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | $1,000 | Power lines were downed in Morgan. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Morgan | - | Public social media photo of hail approximately 1 inch in diameter. Time estimated by radar. |
| September 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Morgan | - | A funnel cloud was reported and photographed near Morgan, Utah. The time listed is approximate. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Morgan | - | Severe thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch hail in the Morgan Valley. |
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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Morgan High School Mechanical Arts Building | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
| Morgan Elementary School | 0.2 miles | 1986 | |
 | Morgan Union Pacific Depot | 0.5 miles | 2011 |
 | Daniel Heiner House | 0.8 miles | 1978 |
 | South Round Valley School | 2.3 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007519 in Record Group 79. |
| Morgan County | All 7 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.