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Thomas Forsyth House

Built in 1868. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Thomas Forsyth House is the historic home of an early settler of Toquerville, Utah. One of the Mormon pioneers, Thomas Forsyth built the house circa 1868 and lived there until his death in 1898.”

Wikipedia article Thomas Forsyth House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1868.

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. Forsyth, Thomas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off UT 15, Toquerville, 84774
  • When was it listed? February 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Hurricane
  • When was it built? 1868
  • National Register reference number. 82004184 - 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Forsyth House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,854 acres in total. 65 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
Natural65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning14
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeTOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTANWORTH
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTV TOWER TOQUERVILLE
3 September 2012Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHURRICANE ASSIST 05
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEWIS
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTOQUERSVILLE SOUTH
28 September 2005Natural681 acresCedar City Field OfficeFALLS

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Forsyth House: 62 past producers, 10 producers, 7 prospects, 5 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Uranium, Copper. 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
Chloride ChiefSilver, Uranium, Copper, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
La Verkin Dixie Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
NevadaCopper, Uranium, SilverPast Producer
Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
Silver Reef-Harrisburg DistrictSilver, Uranium, CopperOccurrence1869

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toquerville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
October 2024Thunderstorm WindToquerville$50,000Reports of property damage, large objects moved, and a solar panel relocated came from Toquerville. Time is estimated.
October 2004Flash FloodToquerville$15,000no account filed
September 2002Flash FloodToquerville$10,000Heavy rains, 1.00 inch in 7 minutes, in Toquerville produced flash flooding of a farmer's field and flooding of his barn.
October 2004Flash FloodToquerville$10,000no account filed
October 2024Thunderstorm WindToquerville-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Ash Creek mesonet site.
March 2023FloodToquerville-Law enforcement reported flooding in addition to video showing that Ash Creek was flowing outside of bankfull levels. An additional photo showed Ash Creek at the top of Blackridge at exit 36 was underwater.
July 2021Flash FloodToquerville-Washington County dispatch officials reported water over the road on State Route 17 near Toquerville, briefly closing the road. The bridge where water crossed the road is above full grown trees in the creek below, indicating a significant rise in water level.
July 2018Flash FloodToquerville-Heavy rain produced flash flooding that temporarily closed Interstate 15 near the town of Leeds. Flash flooding was also reported in Leeds and Washington City.
August 2014Flash FloodToquerville-Flash flooding occurred on both La Verkin Creek and Dry Creek, with the gauge along La Verkin Creek increasing to 800 cfs.
August 2012Flash FloodToquerville-Multiple drainages southeast of the Pine Valley Mountains experienced flash flooding.
July 2012HailToquerville-A thunderstorm dropped enough hail on Hurricane, Utah to cover the ground, with an estimated maximum hail size of 1 inch in diameter.
August 1999Heavy RainToquerville-Heavy rain in Toquerville, with 2 inches falling in just one hour.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Toquerville Hall0.2 miles2020
John Steele House0.3 miles1988
Naegle Winery0.7 miles1980
La Verkin Hydroelectric Power Plant3.8 miles2022
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge4.3 miles1995
Leeds Tithing Office4.4 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82004184 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 93 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.