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Lagoon Roller Coaster

Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“Roller Coaster is a wooden roller coaster located at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. Built in 1921 and operating ever since, Roller Coaster is the fifth oldest operating roller coaster in the world, the third oldest operating in the United States, and the oldest at Lagoon.”

Wikipedia article Roller Coaster (Lagoon), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 70 National Register listings published here for Davis County · listed in 2012 · category: Structure · built in 1921.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 375 N. Lagoon Dr., Farmington, 84025
  • When was it listed? October 2012
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah MPS
  • Census division. South Davis
  • When was it built? 1921
  • National Register reference number. 12000885 - 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

72 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lagoon Roller Coaster between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,490 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural10
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestROCK RING
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT
5 September 2002Debris and open burning100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON BAY
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFARMINGTON FLAT
16 September 2019Natural365 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRANCIS
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMILLER CREEK
13 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMPFIRE #3

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Lagoon Roller Coaster: 10 prospects, 9 occurrences, 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lucky BoyTungsten, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Lucky Boy ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Morning Star Claims GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Bountiful Peak Campground ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Morris Creek East ProspectsCopperOccurrenceVein
Nance and FanningCopperOccurrence
Nance and Fanning ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Upper Baer Canyon WorkingsCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite
Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mountain Road Gravel Pit.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Davis County

Storms near this property

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Flash FloodFarmington$50,000Heavy rain over northern Davis County caused widespread street and parking lot flooding, particularly in Farmington and Layton. In addition, several homes in Fruit Heights experienced basement flooding.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFarmington$1,000In Farmington, a tree was snapped off near its base.
July 2004Flash FloodFarmington$1,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFarmington-A 59mph severe wind gust associated with a thunderstorm was measured by the CENWWS UPR weather station.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindFarmington-The CENEWS mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFarmington-The U.S. Highway 89 at Park Lane automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFarmington-A personal automated weather station in Farmington measured a wind gust of 63 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFarmington-The CENEWS Union Pacific Railroad automated weather station in Farmington recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Tree branches were downed at Lagoon Amusement Park.
August 2018HailFarmington-Large hail was reported in Farmington, Kaysville, Fruit Heights, and Layton, with some stones as large as golf ball-sized.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindFarmington-The US-89 and Park Lane sensor recorded a wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2012HailFarmington-One inch hail was reported in Farmington.

Every storm recorded in Davis County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Lagoon Carouselunder 500 feet2012
Lagoon Flying Scooter0.2 miles2012
Taylor, John W., Janet (Nettie), and May Rich, House0.2 miles1997
Clark Lane Historic District0.4 miles1994
Hector C. Haight House0.4 miles1985
Elias and Lucy Van Fleet House0.5 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000885 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Davis CountyAll 70 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.