BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Uinta County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Union Pacific Railroad Complex (Additional Documentation)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- Address. Main and 15th St., Evanston, 82930
- When was it listed? September 2005
- Category. building
- Census division. Evanston
- National Register reference number. 05000708 - 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
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Union Pacific Railroad Complex (Additional Documentation) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,325 acres in total. 7 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 | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta County | I80 M.P. 21 EAST B. |
| 25 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta County | WYOMING DOWNS GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | OVERTHRUST |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | MOON |
| 9 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta County | TWO DEAD BIRDS |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uinta County | 7TH STREET FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Union Pacific Railroad Complex (Additional Documentation): 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evanston, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph struck Evanston late on the 4th. Several trees were blown down and a large branch was blown onto a bathroom at the Bear River State Park causing $10,000 damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | $250 | A school crossing sign was blown off of a pole. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A strong thunderstorm brought multiple severe gusts measured by the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS. The first severe gust, which occurred at 1455, was measured at 59mph. This was then followed by a gust to 64mph at 1457, followed by the third and final severe gust to 64mph at 1502 as multiple storms tracked over Evanston, WY. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS (KEVW) station recorded a period of wind gusts to 70 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the WY7 mesonet station in Evanston. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was measured by the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded wind gusts of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a period of wind gusts up to 73 mph between 5:58 pm and 7:09 pm MST. The gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Interstate 80/U.S. Highway 189 Evanston of Entry automated weather station recorded gusts of 60 and 58 mph. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field automated weather station record a peak wind gust of 71 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Evanston | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported along Interstate 80 near the Utah/Wyoming border. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Evanston, Wyoming ASOS. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston, Wyoming ASOS recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The Evanston ASOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A wind gust of 54 knots was recorded at the Evanston, Wyoming ASOS. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Evanston | - | Large hail fell on a swath from east of Evanston to Mountain View. The hail covered the ground, with the largest hailstone reported at 0.88 inches. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A large severe thunderstorm complex formed over east-central Utah during the morning hours of the 31st and developed a remarkable bow echo as it moved across central and northern Utah. This same system held together as it entered southwest Wyoming and produced wind gusts in excess of 60 mph downing a large tree in Evanston. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union Pacific Railroad Complex | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | A. V. Quinn House | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Downtown Evanston Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | US Post Office-Evanston Main | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
| St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000708 in Record Group 79. |
| Uinta County | All 13 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.