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Photograph of Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House
Photograph by Dan Convery, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House

Built in 1892. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“House on South Main Street in Mapleton, Utah, United States was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1892.

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. Bird, Roswell Darius, Sr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 115 S. Main St., Mapleton, 84664
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Springville-Mapleton
  • When was it built? 1892
  • National Register reference number. 80003977 - 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,927 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined72
Natural19
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSERVICEBERRY HOLLOW
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined848 acresNorthwest AreaETHER HOLLOW
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
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands10J RXR
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
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMER FIRE

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Roswell Darius Bird Sr. House: 19 producers, 14 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Silver. 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
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
Dream MineGold, SilverProspect
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Three Sister Lime Quarry and LilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mapleton, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMapleton$5,000Several trees were uprooted or snapped off in Springville Cemetery.
July 2021Flash FloodMapleton-Heavy rain over the Ether Hollow Fire Burn Scar produced a debris flow that moved across Quiet Meadows Lane on the outskirt of Mapleton.

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
John Hafen House2.4 miles1982
Springville High School Mechanical Arts Building2.6 miles1993
Dallin House2.6 miles1994
Springville High School Art Gallery2.7 miles1986
Patrick L. and Rose O. Ward House2.7 miles1998
Springville Presbyterian Church2.8 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003977 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.