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Photograph of Ira W. Gardner House
Photograph by Dan Convery, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ira W. Gardner House

Built in 1895 (Queen Anne style architecture in the United States). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“Gardner House is a historic house in Salem, Utah, United States was built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1977.”

Wikipedia article Ira W. Gardner House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1895, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Gardner, Ira W., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 10 N. Main St., Salem, 84653
  • When was it listed? July 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Spanish Fork-Payson
  • When was it built? 1895
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 77001323 - 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Ira W. Gardner House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,261 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined162
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDRO
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWERHOUSE RD.
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOUT HOUSE FIRE
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeP MOUNTAIN
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsACE
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Ira W. Gardner House: 23 producers, 19 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Castilla Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
Dream MineGold, SilverProspect
El Dorado MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Eldorado No. 1 & Eldorado No. 2 GroupSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrence1959
Elsie Jane DriftLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Flash FloodSalem$125,000Heavy rain caused widespread street and residential flooding in Salem, with 139 homes damaged. This damaged varied widely; most homes experienced only minor yard or basement flooding, while 3-5 homes experienced significant basement damage. One person sustained a major leg injury that required stitches, after a window was blown out and glass cut her leg. At least one other person sustained minor injuries related to the flooding.
August 2015Flash FloodSalem$20,000A thunderstorm dropped very heavy rainfall near Woodland Hills and, combined with saturated soil from large amounts of rain the previous day, produced a large mudslide across the area. The mud damaged the basement of one home and also invaded five other properties, with extensive mud clean-up necessary on private driveways and along Skylake Drive. A total of 14 homes were evacuated as a precaution immediately following the mudslide.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSalem$7,500Public reports indicated multiple power poles down and multiple trees uprooted in the Salem area.
July 2021Flash FloodSalem-A debris flow was reported into the Elk Ridge area.
August 2019Flash FloodSalem-Heavy rain over the Bald Mountain Fire burn scar produced significant debris flows in Loafer Canyon and Payson Canyon, resulting in evacuations.

Every storm recorded in Utah 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
Peteetneet School2.8 miles1990
Thompson Family Farmstead3.2 miles2023
Christopher F. Dixon Jr. House3.2 miles1977
John Dixon House3.2 miles1978
Samuel Douglass House3.2 miles1992
Payson Historic District3.3 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77001323 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Utah CountyAll 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.