Jens Larson Jenson Lime Kiln

Built in 1903. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Jens Larson Jenson Lime Kiln, is a historic site in Sevier County, Utah, United States, north of, but just outside the city limits of, Richfield, Utah, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”
Wikipedia article Jens Larson Jenson Lime Kiln, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure · built in 1903.

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 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Jenson, Jens Larson, Lime Kiln - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 2 mi. N of Richfield, Richfield, 84701
When was it listed? December 1978
Category. structure
Census division. Richfield
When was it built? 1903
National Register reference number. 78002693 - 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Jens Larson Jenson Lime Kiln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,783 acres in total. 39 started naturally. None 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
Natural	39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Debris and open burning	4
Firearms and explosives use	3
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	TENT
3 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	COTTON WOOD TREE
28 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	COTTONWOOD
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	398 acres	Richfield Field Office	HEPPLERS
22 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	I70 MP 39
22 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	SOUTH FORK
22 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Richfield Field Office	BLACK MTN2
2 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	MILL CANYON

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Jens Larson Jenson Lime Kiln: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Udoh Pit #21018	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel, Sand
Utah Dept Highways Pit # 21020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit # 21021	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21017	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit# 21019	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21017	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21019	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21021	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this property

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2008	Lightning	Richfield	1 hurt	A woman was injured at the Cove View Golf Course in Richfield when lightning hit a nearby tree and traveled to her. The woman was conscious and breathing when she was taken to a nearby hospital.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Richfield	$1,000,000	Heavy rain caused flash flooding that damaged fields and homes in Richfield, including 260 acres of a 320 acre property used for farming and growing sod.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	$3,000	The Sevier County public safety dispatch reported that a couple of large trees were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds in Richfield.
October 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	-	A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the I-70 at Richfield mesonet site.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	-	The I-70 at Richfield mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	-	The I-70 at Richfield mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	-	The I-70 at Richfield automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Richfield	-	Widespread standing water and urban flooding was reported in Richfield. Radar estimates indicated 1-1.25 inches of rain over a brief period.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Richfield	-	A flash flood brought mud, rock and other debris across a frontage road of Interstate 15 about 3 miles south of Richfield.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richfield	-	A microburst wind gust to 58 mph (50 kts) was measured at Signal Peak near Richfield as a cold front moved through the area.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
US Post Office-Richfield Main	1.6 miles	1989
Richfield Carnegie Library	1.7 miles	1984
Young Block	1.7 miles	1980
Glenwood Cooperative Store	5.8 miles	1980
Martin Johnson House	5.9 miles	1982
Joseph Wall Gristmill	6.1 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78002693 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sevier County	All 20 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.