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Indian Canyon Ranger Station

Built in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“The Indian Canyon Ranger Station in the Duchesne Ranger District, Ashley National Forest in Duchesne County, Utah near Duchesne was built in 1914. Forest Service and is a wood-framed guard station.”

Wikipedia article Indian Canyon Ranger Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Duchesne County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1914.

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 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. UT 33, Duchesne Ranger District, Duchesne, 84021
  • When was it listed? October 1999
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Duchesne
  • When was it built? 1914
  • National Register reference number. 99001294 - 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Indian Canyon Ranger Station between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,249 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsARGYLE
27 September 2009Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestINDIAN CANYON
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestINDIAN CANYON
9 August 2002Natural10 acresDinosaur National MonumentINDIAN CAN
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestRESERVATION RIDGE
7 August 2002Natural4.4 acresAshley National ForestINDIAN CANYON #2
3 August 1995Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestSPRING HOLLOW
27 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAshley National ForestHIGHWAY 191

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this property

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duchesne, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 1997Flash FloodDuchesne$20,000no account filed
August 1999Flash FloodDuchesne$10,000Heavy rains in the Duchesne area caused some flash flooding. Several yards had water 1-3 feet deep in spots. Spotter reports of 1.46 inches and 1.15 inches in 55 minutes were received.
August 1998Flash FloodDuchesne$10,000no account filed
August 2024FloodDuchesne$5,000The Utah Department of Transportation reported a mud flow up to 2 feet deep across U.S. Highway 191 near milepost 288.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDuchesne$3,000no account filed
August 1999Flash FloodDuchesne$1,000Near Duchesne, 1.05 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes, producing flash flooding. Water ran over the south bound lanes of State Route 191 just southwest of Duchesne.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the US-40 at Starvation mesonet site.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the US-40 @ Starvation mesonet site.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 @ Starvation mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2021Flash FloodDuchesne-Law enforcement officials reported a debris flow moved through the Pinnacles and Promised Land Resort areas.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-An isolated severe wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at Duchesne Municipal Airport.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 @ Starvation sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 @ Starvation sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 65 mph.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-A peak wind gust of 57 mph was reported at US-40 at Starvation Reservoir.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 at Starvation sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 at Starvation sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 mph.
September 2013HailDuchesne-Hailstones that were the size of golf balls, or approximately 1.75 inches in diameter, were reported in Duchesne.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-The US-40 at Starvation sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 mph.
July 2011Flash FloodDuchesne-Flooding was reported along River Road in Duchesne, and the Duchesne River quickly rose 800 cfs.
May 2006HailDuchesne-Large hail reported in Duchesne.
July 2006Heavy RainDuchesne-1.35" rain in 40 min measured by trained spotter in Duchesne
August 2006Flash FloodDuchesne-Flash flood washed out road in Indian canyon
June 2005Tornado (F0)Duchesne-Law Enforcement reported a brief touchdown along HWY 40 near Duchesne. See Photo
June 2005Flash FloodDuchesne-Water rose quickly and flowed over US-40 near Duchesne.
August 2003Flash FloodDuchesne-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding between Duchesne and Fruitland along Highway 40
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-A severe thunderstorm dropped hail in Tooele for a short time. The same storm produced a lightning injury involving an 18-year-old female. The lightning bolt knocked her to the ground and stopped her breathing. She was later diagnosed with two broken ear drums. Later in the evening, one inch diameter hail fell in Yost, and outflow winds gusted to 70 mph in Duchesne.
April 2005Heavy RainDuchesne-no account filed
June 1996HailDuchesne-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDuchesne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99001294 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Duchesne CountyAll 4 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.
  • 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.