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Grover, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Loa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84773. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grover quadrangle. It stands 7,116 feet above sea level.

Grover within Wayne County

On record in Grover

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Grover between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFishlake National ForestSPRING BRANCH
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestTWIN PEAKS
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestROCK CREEK
1 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestROCK CREEK WFU
1 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDixie National Forestnot named
9 August 2003Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestI THINK
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestFISH CREEK
9 August 1992Natural2.0 acresDixie National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Grover: 11 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Picture Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Picture Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Sulpher Creek Copper ProspectLead, CopperPast Producer
Sulphur Creek Copper ProspectCopper, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Lion Mountain GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAlabaster
Lion Mountain GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Torrey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Torrey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Peaks Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrenceUnderground
Twin Peaks Uranium ProspectUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grover in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 8 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
July 2012Flash FloodGrover$10,000Flash flooding occurred across parts of Capitol Reef National Park, including along Sulphur Creek. The worst of the flooding was in the Cathedral Valley area of the park, where roads were washed out, with trenches 2.5 feet deep.
June 2024Flash FloodGrover-Flash flooding was reported on Pleasant Creek.
July 2022Flash FloodGrover-A series of moderate, to at times strong, thunderstorms moved through Capitol Reef National Park over the span of 2 to 3 hours. Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor 3-hour rainfall estimates showed around 1 to 2 inches within the park. As a result, a flow of 6-8 inches of water moved through Capitol Gorge, as reported by Park officials.
July 2017Flash FloodGrover-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in portions of Capitol Reef National Park, including Cohab Canyon, Sulphur Creek, and Grand Wash.
July 2011Flash FloodGrover-Flash flooding occurred in several places across Capitol Reef National Park. The Scenic Drive was closed, with 6 to 8 inches of water flowing over the road. The Grand Wash experienced flash flooding, which also impacted a part of the Scenic Drive. Flash flooding was also observed along Sulphur Creek.
August 2011Flash FloodGrover-Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Sulpher Creek in Capitol Reef National Park; the flood was categorized as impressive by one of the park rangers.
September 2011Flash FloodGrover-Moderate to heavy rainfall fell over a broad area near Capitol Reef National Park. This initially caused flash flooding along Sulphur Creek and other parts of Capitol Reef. Eventually this water made its way downstream, causing flash flooding along the Dirty Devil River, which went from 538 to 1419 cfs in a few hours.
July 2008Flash FloodGrover-Flash flooding occurred in the Capitol Gorge and Grand Wash areas of Capitol Reef National Park. This flooding closed these two areas, as well as the Scenic Drive in the park.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Torrey6.1 miles22
Fruita6.8 miles20
Teasdale7.9 miles22
Notom12.3 miles20
Bicknell12.9 miles18
Lyman17.2 miles19
Caineville19.0 miles19
Loa19.7 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GroverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5611506The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437575. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.