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One of 399 National Register listings published here for Salt Lake County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1893.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William Christopherson House
Built in 1893. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Christopherson, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 8847 South 360 East, Sandy, 84070
- When was it listed? December 1999
- Category. building
- Also known as. Sandy City MPS
- Census division. Salt Lake City
- When was it built? 1893
- National Register reference number. 99001554 - 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
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of William Christopherson House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TONYA |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BELLS RESERVOIR |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | QUAIL HOLLOW |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIENNA |
| 31 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BINGHAM ASSIST |
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UNION ASSIST |
| 7 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MURDOCK |
| 29 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of William Christopherson House: 23 producers, 16 past producers, 11 occurrences. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cottonwood Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gold Willow Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Midvale Minerals Co | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| New State Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Wastch-Utah Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Willow Creek Quartzite Quarry | Quartz | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Alix Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| South Willow Mine | Silver, Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Allsop-Jensen House | under 500 feet | 1996 |
 | Charles M. and Fannie M. Allsop Anderson House | under 500 feet | 1999 |
 | Joseph F. and Isabelle Jensen House | under 500 feet | 1998 |
 | Louis E. and Florence Jensen Van Dam House | under 500 feet | 1999 |
 | Amos and Ida Jensen House | under 500 feet | 2000 |
 | Sandy Tithing Office | under 500 feet | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001554 in Record Group 79. |
| Salt Lake County | All 399 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.