John Ashworth House

Built in 1875. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The John Ashworth House a historic residence in Beaver, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”
Wikipedia article John Ashworth House (200 West, Beaver, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 111 National Register listings published here for Beaver County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1875.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Ashworth, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1105 S. 1st West, Beaver, 84713
When was it listed? November 1983
Category. building
Also known as. Beaver MRA
Census division. Beaver
When was it built? 1875
National Register reference number. 83003828 - 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of John Ashworth House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 587 acres in total. 28 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	35
Natural	28
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Fireworks	6
Debris and open burning	6
Firearms and explosives use	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	COLE
4 September 2019	Firearms and explosives use	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	SOUTH B
30 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	2B
17 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	GREENVILLE
16 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	not named
11 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Southwest Area	ROCKY FIELD
10 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Southwest Area	BW
8 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	107

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of John Ashworth House: 18 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
White Quail	Lead	Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Surface
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Beaver County

Storms near this property

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2017	Lightning	Beaver	2 hurt	Two girls, ages 8 and 16, were camping with relatives near Big Flat in the Beaver Mountains. The girls were by themselves, accompanied by a family dog, when they were both struck by lightning. The dog returned to camp to alert the rest of the family, and the family found the girls unconscious. Both girls were flown via helicopter to the hospital, and both survived, despite suffering significant injuries.
April 2016	Hail	Beaver	$25,000	A strong thunderstorm moved over Interstate 15 near mile post 100, dropping heavy rain and significant, accumulating small hail. This storm led to a large pileup accident involving 4 semitrucks and one passenger vehicle. Interstate 15 was shut down in both directions for about 2 hours, and three people (one semitruck driver and two people from the passenger vehicle) were injured.
August 2021	Hail	Beaver	$20,000	A photo and video on social media showed estimated 2 inch diameter hail, with significant damage to a camper trailer and truck.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver	$1,000	A tree fell on a power line in Greenville.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver	-	A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver	-	A wind gust of 64 mph was recorded by the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Beaver	-	Rainfall total fell in 75 minutes.
July 2021	Hail	Beaver	-	Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell at the Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver	-	A large pine tree was blown over at Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Beaver	-	The Interstate 15 at Beaver Ridge automated weather station recorded 0.78 inches of rain in 10 minutes. Flooding and debris was reported along State Route 153 between Main Street and the Canyon Breeze Golf Course.
August 2010	Hail	Beaver	-	Hail measured to be one inch in diameter was reported in Beaver.
September 2004	Funnel Cloud	Beaver	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaver 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
John Ashworth House	under 500 feet	1983
William Greenwood House	under 500 feet	1982
Dr. George Fennemore House	under 500 feet	1980
Charles A. Dalten House	under 500 feet	1982
Joseph Huntington House	under 500 feet	1983
John Yardley House	under 500 feet	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83003828 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Beaver County	All 111 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.