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Photograph of Oberg-Metcalf House
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Oberg-Metcalf House

Built in 1880 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Oberg-Metcalf House, at 12 N 100 E in Gunnison, Utah, in Sanpete County, Utah, was built around 1880 and expanded with a rear ell in the 1890s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.”

Wikipedia article Oberg-Metcalf House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Sanpete County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1880, Victorian architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Oberg--Metcalf House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 12 N 100 E, Gunnison, 84634
  • When was it listed? November 1997
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Gunnison
  • When was it built? 1880
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 97001464 - 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Oberg-Metcalf House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,184 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined12
Natural9
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJOHANSEN CONSTRUCTION
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUGAR FACTORY LANE
7 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSANPITCH RIVER
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLUND FIRE
30 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral AreaDOVER RD
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCUFC 16
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeMAY EAST
23 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHANSEN LANE

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Oberg-Metcalf House: 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fayette Springs Gold ProspectGoldPast Producer
Gunnison Limestone ProspectsStonePast Producer
Mayfield Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Mayfield Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gunnison Limestone ProspectsStone, DimensionOccurrenceLimestone
Gunnison Sec. 35 QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerCalcite
Gunnison Sec. 5 QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrenceCalcite
East Centerfield Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Gravel Hills DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gunnison Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Storms near this property

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gunnison, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2001: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGunnison$50,000no account filed
June 1997FloodGunnison$20,000Heavy rain caused flooding at the state prison in Gunnison causing some damage. A nearby spotter measured 1.38" of rain on this date.
July 2001Flash FloodGunnison$2,000A flash flood occurred in Lone Cedar Canyon, southwest of Gunnison. A County road was washed out in several places, and about 60 acres of hay was damaged.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Gunnison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sanpete 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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Casino Theatreunder 500 feet1989
James and Caroline M. Metcalf House0.8 miles1998
Centerfield School and Meetinghouse2.2 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97001464 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sanpete CountyAll 83 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.