Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Duchesne County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Simmons Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 68,621 acres in total. 30 started naturally. None was 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BIGGEST TREE IN FOREST |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LION HOLLOW |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | LINLEYHLLW |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PINNACLES |
| 2 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PROWLER |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SPRING CANYON |
| 12 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CURRANT CREEK NARROWS |
| 11 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CEDAR MTN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 debris flow. 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $150,000 | Heavy rain over the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar produced a large flash flood for areas downstream along the Strawberry River. In the Camelot Resort area, 30 adults and 13 children were trapped by the water and debris, and had to be rescued by law enforcement, while nearly a dozen people were rescued in Timber Canyon. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Fruitland | $15,000 | Heavy rain over multiple days resulting in flooding in Duchesne County, mostly impacting the town of Duchesne and State Route 191. Several streets in Duchesne were flooded, including Main Street, with the worst flooding occurring through the day of September 14. Earlier in the event, on the morning of September 12, multiple mudslides occurred on State Route 191 between Duchesne and Helper. The mud across the road trapped several motorists for a few hours before the debris could be cleaned up, but no injuries occurred due to the slides. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $1,100 | A debris flow moved across a road in Timber Canyon. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | $1,000 | Videos and reports of flooding and mudslides in Indian Canyon near mile post 278. |
| March 2023 | Debris Flow | Fruitland | $1,000 | UDOT reported a debris flow / mudslide over US-191 near MP 262, resulting in road closure for cleanup. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The US-40 at MP 66 Fruitland mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 64 mph at 2:20 pm MST, and a subsequent strong gust of 58 mph at 2:30 pm MST. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The Indian Canyon Summit mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Fruitland | - | A tornado developed near the summit of US-191 and Argyle Canyon |Road in remote southwestern Duchesne County at about 9200 feet. |Sporadic damage is noted in this area as it moved north over a |ridge line and into a valley adjacent to US-191 along Indian |Canyon.||The tornado then descended down the length of the valley from |about 9200 feet to a creek adjacent to US-191 at an elevation of |about 8500 feet. Over this period, both the strength and and width|of the tornado increased substantially with a continuous damage |path through a mixed aspen and conifer forest. The maximum damage |was found in this area and was significant. Almost all trees over |a large hillside facing the road were violently blown down, |snapped, or topped into a clearly convergent axis. Several tree |tops were desposited along the creek and road with no clear |indicatation as to where they orginated.||The tornado then crossed US-191 and ascended the hillside from |about 8500 feet to another ridge on the northwest side of the road|to an elevation of about 9100 feet. Considerable damage was noted|immediately north of US-191 where numerous trees were snapped or |uprooted, although not to the severe extent noted on the south |side of the road. Damage decreased considerably up the hillside to|the top of the 9100 foot ridge line with more sporadic toppled |trees.||A few toppled trees were noted into the next basin over the ridge|on the north side of the road, marking the last discernible |damage from the tornado, and the end of the 2 mile damage path. |
| August 2022 | Debris Flow | Fruitland | - | A large debris flow originating off of the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar passed through the Strawberry Pinnacles area. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The US-40 at MP 66 Fruitland sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | The Fruitland 3 ESE station recorded a peak wind gust of 69 mph. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | - | Heavy rain over the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar produced a debris flow that impacted the Promised Land Resort. Many area roadways were blocked, and water rescues of 12 people occurred. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Fruitland | - | Hail with an estimated diameter of one inch was reported near Fruitland. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Fruitland | - | Portion of Camelot Rd. washed out. Horse Ridge RAWS received 1.14" |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Fruitland | - | Thunderstorms moving through Duchesne County spawned a funnel cloud near the town of Fruitland. Brief heavy rain and small hail also fell from the storms. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Fruitland | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000463 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Duchesne County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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