Built in 1870. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Ophir Town Hall, located at 57 East Main Street in Ophir, Utah, United States, was built in c.1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”
Wikipedia article Ophir Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Tooele County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1870.
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 73 fires within 5 miles of Ophir Town Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,276 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | MERCUR |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAMPFIRE #4 |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DRY CANYON |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHUBERT |
| 22 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | STOCKTON 6 |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | SILVERADO |
| 21 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MERCUR CANYON |
| 19 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MERCUR CYN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 189 workings within 5 miles of Ophir Town Hall: 123 past producers, 36 occurrences, 23 producers, 6 prospects. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Lead, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain Sw Prospects | Manganese, Calcium, Copper | Occurrence | Calcite, Malachite, Pyrolusite | |
| Brickyard | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Brickyard Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1872 | |
| Brooklyn | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Brooklyn | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Buffalo Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | 1916, 1936 | |
| Buffalo Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Camp Floyd District (Mercur) | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Mercury, Silver | Producer | 1870, 1883 | |
| Camp Floyd-Mercur | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Carrie Steel Mine | Silver, Antimony, Gold | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ophir, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Ophir | $10,000 | Flash flooding produced a washout on Ophir Canyon Road. Time of the event is estimated based on reports. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Ophir | $1,100 | Strong thunderstorms moved over the Oquirrh Mountains over the course of an hour or two, resulting in moderate to at times heavy rain over the Jacob City Fire burn scar. Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor 1-hour rainfall estimates were in the 0.50 to 0.75 inch range. This was enough to result in a flow along Soldier Creek, which resulted in the evacuation of one house by State Route 36 and a road closure. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Ophir | $1,000 | Large debris flow through Soldier Canyon off the Jacob City burn scar. Water and debris is flowing across SR-36. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Reddick Hotel-Ophir LDS Meetinghouse | under 500 feet | 2016 |
 | Lawrence Brothers and Company Store | 0.2 miles | 2013 |
 | Stockton School | 7.9 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003193 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Tooele County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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