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One of 75 National Register listings published here for Weber County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1930, Art Deco architecture, by Leslie S. Hodgson.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange Building
Built in 1930 (Art Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 600 W. Exchange Rd., Ogden, 84401
- When was it listed? July 2015
- Category. building
- Census division. Ogden
- When was it built? 1930
- Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
- Architect. Leslie S. Hodgson
- National Register reference number. 15000452 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,965 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined | 53 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5145 AIRPORT RD |
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WEBER STATE |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIONEER ASSIST |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 12TH STREET |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 59 OGDEN CYN |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LEWIS PEAK |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | AJ CREEK |
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JET WAY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange Building: 20 prospects, 8 past producers, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisville Brick Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Harrisville Brick Plant Deposit | Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ogden Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Norman Fluorspar Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1953, 1957 | |
| Norman Fluorspar Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Norman Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Norman Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Clarence Waterfall Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this property
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogden, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 8 injuries. 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 | Tornado (F1) | Ogden | 6 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | North Ogden | 1 hurt, $600,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Lightning | South Ogden | 1 hurt | A UTA bus driver was waiting outside his bus for passengers in South Ogden when it started to rain. As he put up his umbrella a nearby bolt of lightning glanced his umbrella and shot down through his right arm He felt a burning sensation in his body and after driving a mile he decided to get medical attention. His injuries turned out to be very minor for this lucky man. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorms blew through Weber County from South Ogden to Liberty, producing damaging winds, hail and heavy rain. Trees were reported down on a home and cars in Ogden, along with basement flooding of homes and some businesses. Trees in Liberty were toppled, with .83 inches of rain reported in 10 minutes. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogden | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | North Ogden | $15,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a residence in North Ogden, burning four holes and traveling 30 feet to start a house fire. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogden | $10,000 | A 63 knot wind gust was measured at the Ogden Airport ASOS, and at least a dozen power poles were knocked down, along with a number of trees. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | South Ogden | $5,000 | Local streets and 2 homes had flooded basements along with minor wind damage from a thunderstorm |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | $500 | In South Ogden, 6-inch tree limbs were snapped off. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | - | A trained spotter reported broken tree branches knocked down by severe wind gusts from a thunderstorm near the Ogden Country Club. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | - | A trained spotter discovered multiple snapped trees from severe wind gusts associated from a thunderstorm within Leavitts Mortuary and Aultorest Memorial Park in Ogden. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | - | A trained spotter reported that a street light was knocked over by severe wind gusts associated with a thunderstorm. |
| May 2021 | Hail | North Ogden | - | Nickel-sized hail fell in North Ogden. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogden | - | The Ogden-Hinckley Airport automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| April 2010 | Hail | North Ogden | - | Hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches was reported near North Ogden, with the hail accumulating 2 to 3 inches deep. |
| August 2007 | Hail | North Ogden | - | Hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches fell in North Ogden. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogden | - | Power lines down in Ogden and South Ogden |
| August 2003 | Hail | North Ogden | - | Thunderstorms dumped 3/4 inch hail in and around North Ogden. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | - | Dry Microburst wind gusts to 60 mph (52 kts) were recorded in South Ogden. Winds from the same cell knocked over several large tents set up at Hill AFB for an air show. |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | North Ogden | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near Ben Lomond in Weber County. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ogden | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogden | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ogden | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
52,221 digitised pages3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 4,243 issues, 52,221 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920 to Current |
| The Morning Examiner | 1904 to 1910 |
| The Morning Standard | 1910 to 191? |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mountain View Auto Court | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Ogden Union Station (Boundary Increase) | 0.7 miles | 2005 |
 | Scowcroft Warehouse | 0.7 miles | 1978 |
 | New Brigham Hotel | 0.7 miles | 1979 |
 | Ogden Union Station | 0.7 miles | 1971 |
 | Lower 25th Street Historic District (Boundary Increase II) | 0.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000452 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.