Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Skeen House is a historic house in Plain City, Utah. Skeen, a Pennsylvania-born pioneer who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850.”
Wikipedia article William D. Skeen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 75 National Register listings published here for Weber County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of William D. Skeen House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,665 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIONEER ASSIST |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 12TH STREET |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 4000 N |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FREEMONT ISLAND FIRE |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Bear River Area | STACK YARD |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HAROLD CRANE UPLAND |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVER BOTTOM |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLARD BAY DIKE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of William D. Skeen House: 9 producers, 5 prospects, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pits and Borrow Pits | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harrisville Brick Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Utah Hot Springs | Manganese | Prospect | 1963 | |
| Utah Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Wasatch Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Clay Pits & Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Pleasant View Clay Pits and Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plain City, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Plain City | $100,000 | Heavy rain and snowmelt led to residential basement flooding across portions of Weber County, with damage reported in Farr West, Plain City, and across parts of the Ogden Valley. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Plain City | $100,000 | The Weber River continued to flood through early June, and became significantly worse when a levee near Plain City broke on June 9th. These flood waters impacted barns and houses along the river, though the houses were spared from interior damage. Many fields and yards across the area were inundated by significant amounts of water. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plain City | - | Quarter-sized fell in Plain City. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Plain City | - | Hail estimated to be golf ball-sized hail was reported by broadcast media. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Walter Jr. and Isabelle Bramwell House | 0.2 miles | 2024 | |
 | Stone Farmstead | 5.5 miles | 2004 |
| Sidney Stevens House | 6.1 miles | 1977 | |
| North Ogden Elementary School | 6.3 miles | 1985 | |
 | Charles W. Cross House | 7.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange Building | 7.3 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004191 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Weber County | All 75 listed properties in this county. |
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