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One of 16 National Register listings published here for Emery County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1889.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Justis Wellington II Seeley House
Built in 1889. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Seeley, Justis Wellington II, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Center and 100 South Sts., Castle Dale, 84513
- When was it listed? November 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Castle Dale-Huntington
- When was it built? 1889
- National Register reference number. 79002493 - 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
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Justis Wellington II Seeley House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JAKE |
| 12 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAGNUSON 57 |
| 31 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CASTLE DALE |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | COAL |
| 10 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southeast Area | COAL HAUL ROAD |
| 3 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Moab Field Office | 1100 SOUTH FARM |
| 16 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HWY10 MM36 |
| 14 June 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOOD |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Justis Wellington II Seeley House: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar, Buzzard, and Johnson Benches | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Cottonwood Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cottonwood Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Emery Power Plant Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Emery Power Plant Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08014 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08016 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah State Dept of Highways Pit # 08014 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Utah State Highway Dept. Pit 08016 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this property
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Dale, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Dale | $10,000 | TSTM wind gust blew roof off buliding |
| September 2013 | Hail | Castle Dale | - | Hail with a diameter of one inch was reported in Castle Dale. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Castle Dale | - | Nickle to quarter size hail. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Castle Dale | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Dale Bridge | 0.2 miles | 2019 | |
 | Paul C. Christensen House | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Castle Dale School | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
| Castle Dale High School Shop | 0.4 miles | 1985 | |
 | Peter Johansen House | 1.1 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002493 in Record Group 79. |
| Emery County | All 16 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.