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One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 2013 · category: Building · built in 1903.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Joseph and Margaret Wilkinson House
Built in 1903. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wilkinson, Joseph and Margaret, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 318 South 800 West, Orem, 84663
- When was it listed? October 2013
- Category. building
- Also known as. Orem, Utah MPS
- Census division. Springville-Mapleton
- When was it built? 1903
- National Register reference number. 13000843 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Joseph and Margaret Wilkinson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,519 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PACKER CREEK |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 24 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | JOLLYS |
| 24 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WANRHODES |
| 16 September 2016 | Natural | 1,460 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RIM |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Joseph and Margaret Wilkinson House: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 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 | |
| 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
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orem, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Heavy Rain | Orem | $260,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Orem | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Orem | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Orem | $1,500 | Lightning struck a church in Orem, causing about $1,500 damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | A carport partially collapsed at an apartment complex. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | Powerlines down in downtown in Orem. Wind report from AWS |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | Spotters in Orem estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 50-60 mph (43-52 kts). Some minor tree damage was reported. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Orem | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail in West Orem. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 69mph (60kts) in West Orem. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | Thunderstorms developed over the eastern portions of the Salt Lake and Provo valleys. One inch hail was reported at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orem | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Orem | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Barrett-Homer-Larsen Farmstead | 0.2 miles | 2016 |
 | Provo Community Congregational Church | 2.9 miles | 2022 |
 | Thomas and Eliza Jane Singleton House | 3.9 miles | 2018 |
 | Robert and Mary Ann Singleton House | 3.9 miles | 2018 |
 | Thomas and Elizabeth Coddington House | 4.2 miles | 2018 |
 | James and Emily Herbert House | 4.5 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000843 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.