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Photograph of Cedar Fort School
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Cedar Fort School

Built in 1909 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Cedar Fort School is a historic two-room schoolhouse on Center Street in the center of Cedar Fort, Utah, United States. The structure was built in 1909 and reflects a Victorian Eclectic style with some Prairie School elements.”

Wikipedia article Cedar Fort School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1909, Prairie School 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.
  • Address. 40 E. Center St., Cedar Fort, 84013
  • When was it listed? April 2000
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Lehi
  • When was it built? 1909
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • National Register reference number. 00000357 - 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Fort School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,334 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILSON
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMANNING
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMANNING 1
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMANNING
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeLONG RIDGE
3 September 2005Natural158 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSEVENTY-THREE
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSCALLY WRONGLER
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG RIDGE

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Fort School: 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gold. 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
CowanLead, SilverProducer
Manning Canyon Mine #3Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver, IronPast ProducerCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Manning Canyon Prospect #1Mercury, Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Manning Canyon Prospect #2Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Mercury, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar
Mercur Prospect #5Gold, Mercury, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
West Fritz ProspectScandium, Vanadium, Gold, Strontium, REEOccurrenceVariscite
Black Diamond ClaimFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Blue BirdFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Stagecoach Inn4.6 miles1971
Fairfield District School4.6 miles1987
Camp Floyd Site4.8 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000357 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Utah CountyAll 183 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.