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One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Thurber School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 40 S Main St, Spanish Fork, 84660
- When was it listed? November 2024
- Category. building
- Census division. Spanish Fork-Payson
- National Register reference number. 100011044 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Thurber School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,261 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 were 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 | 146 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 8660 S. |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWERHOUSE RD. |
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OUT HOUSE FIRE |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SALEM CANAL FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 10J RXR |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ACE |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEDE LANE |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHINGLE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Thurber School: 20 producers, 11 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castilla Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Clay Canyon Deposit | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Dream Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Milkmaid | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Silver Hill Property | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Us Ferto Corp | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Clay, Quartzite, Sand, Sandstone | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Mapleton Ne Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this property
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spanish Fork, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spanish Fork | 1 killed | A 46-year-old man was killed after a strong Microburst blew his fireworks stand on top of him. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spanish Fork | $10,000 | A sensor near Point of the Mountain, named Portable RWIS #2, recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. In addition, damage was reported in the Spanish Fork area, with multiple trees and power lines blown over. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spanish Fork | $2,000 | Strong microburst winds knocked down small trees and power lines in Spanish Fork. Wind gusts recorded in the event included 69 mph (60 kts) in Orem and 54 mph (47 mph) in Payson. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spanish Fork | $500 | Public report of approximately 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spanish Fork | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Spanish Fork | - | Heavy rain resulted in flooding of 3 Forks Creek. Numerous mudslides reported. Campgroud evacuated by law enforcement. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Spanish Fork | - | Estimated size |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Spanish Fork | - | Water and debris covering Rt 6, reporetd by Dept of Highways. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Spanish Fork | - | Mud water and debris covering RT 6. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spanish Fork High School Gymnasium | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
 | David H. Jones House | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
| Thompson Family Farmstead | 1.1 miles | 2023 | |
 | Ira W. Gardner House | 3.9 miles | 1977 |
 | John Hafen House | 3.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Wood-Harrison House | 4.2 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011044 in Record Group 79. |
| Utah County | All 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.
- 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.