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One of 111 National Register listings published here for Beaver County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1875.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Jenner-Griffiths House
Built in 1875. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 10 N. 300 East, Minersville, 84752
- When was it listed? May 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Milford-Minersville
- When was it built? 1875
- National Register reference number. 85001118 - 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
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Jenner-Griffiths House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10,997 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 4 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | GOULES |
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | HANGING RK |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | JACKS PEAK |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CHECKERBOARD |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | HANGING ROCK |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BURN PERMIT |
| 27 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MINERSVILLE DAM |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COW PATH |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Jenner-Griffiths House: 27 past producers, 6 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Maple Area | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Creole | Tungsten, Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Producer | ||
| Creole Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Bismuth, Gold | Past Producer | 1910, 1950 | |
| Creole Mine | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Geyser Basin Property | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Harriett Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Mine Group | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1845, 1855 | |
| Radium Dotsons Warm Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Sepiolite Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| South Black Mountain Adit | Copper | Occurrence | Stockwork |
Storms near this property
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minersville, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 dust devil, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minersville | $5,000 | A tree fell on a power line. |
| March 2014 | Dust Devil | Minersville | $1,000 | A trampoline was blown out of a backyard and into some power lines in Minersville. Recorded wind gusts in the area at the time were relatively light, so it is likely that this was caused by a strong dust devil. Time listed is approximate. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Minersville | - | Heavy rain fell on the Black Mountain Fire burn scar, resulting in a debris flow that temporarily closed State Route 130 near Minersville. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Minersville | - | Heavy rain resulted in a flash flood that temporarily closed state Route 21 near milepost 85. |
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
2 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Minersville City Hall | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Rollins-Eyre House | 0.6 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001118 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.