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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Wasatch County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Huber House and Creamery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Huber, John, House and Creamery - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off Snake Creek Rd., Midway, 84049
- When was it listed? August 1988
- Category. building
- Census division. North Wasatch
- National Register reference number. 88001182 - 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
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of John Huber House and Creamery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEAT |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRIGHTON ESTATES |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDWAY 6TH SO. |
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE SPOT |
| 24 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HEBER CREEPER 6 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of John Huber House and Creamery: 25 past producers, 15 occurrences, 11 producers, 2 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 and Little Cottonwood Districts | Silver, Lead, Cobalt, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1864 | |
| Cottonwood Canyon Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Daly West | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Producer | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Flagstaff Mine | Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1871, 1881 | |
| Flagstaff Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jones-Bonanza Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1882, 1885 | |
| Judge Unit | Lead, Zinc | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Keystone Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | Vein | |
| Little Bell Mine | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena | |
| Little Bell Shaft | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1880, 1906 |
Storms near this property
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed in Midway. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $1,000 | MPING relayed damage report of 1-inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off in Midway. |
| September 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Midway | - | A rope funnel cloud was spotted and photographed near Midway, Utah. The time listed is approximate. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District | 1.2 miles | 1989 | |
 | Schneitter Hotel | 1.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Wilson House and Farmstead | 2.2 miles | 2007 |
 | Midway Town Hall | 2.3 miles | 1994 |
 | Burgener-Boss Farmstead | 2.3 miles | 1994 |
 | William Coleman House | 2.3 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001182 in Record Group 79. |
| Wasatch County | All 38 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.