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Photograph of Fort Pearce
Photograph by Kimberly Cazier, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fort Pearce

Built in 1866. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“Fort Pearce is a former fort established in Washington County, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Built in the 19th century, it is located roughly ten miles from St.”

Wikipedia article Fort Pearce (Washington, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1975 · category: Site · built in 1866.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 12 mi. SE of Washington off I-15, Washington, 84780
  • When was it listed? November 1975
  • Category. site
  • Census division. St. George
  • When was it built? 1866
  • National Register reference number. 75001834 - 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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fort Pearce between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeTIRE
5 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePARROT
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeBEACON
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWARNER VALLEY
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWARNER RIDGE
3 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARNER
27 May 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeBOOK
16 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWARNER CAMPFIRE

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fort Pearce: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Silica, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Unnamed Gypsum Mine and ProspectsGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Copper Ace ClaimUraniumUnknownSurface
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrenceSand
Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Uranium King #7 & #2UraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodWashington$75,000Heavy rain fell in the city of Washington, flooding approximately six homes.
August 2014Flash FloodWashington$75,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Washington City, including road flooding along Main Street. At least 6 homes were damaged by flood waters, and flooding also occurred in a grocery store.
August 2024Flash FloodWashington$50,000Time is estimated. St. George Police reported standing water on I-15 at Washington, milepost 10, that likely led to a rollover accident.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindWashington$35,000Strong thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to a barn near Washington, Utah. Parts of the barn blew across the road, damaging power lines along the way.
July 2013Flash FloodWashington$20,000Flash flooding occurred in the town of Washington, with flooding beginning along Washington Drive and Interstate 15, and then spreading into the Coral Canyon subdivision. Two homes were especially impacted, with flood waters moving into their backyards. Using water pumps, the fire department was able to keep the flooding from entering one of the homes, but they were unable to keep waters from flowing into the second home. Water and mud as deep as two inches made it into the majority of the home, with interior damages estimated to be as high as $15,000.
July 2013Flash FloodWashington$10,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Washington, resulting in the evacuation of two homes. The homes experienced minor damage from the flood waters, and most of the damage across town was to yards and other outdoor areas.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000Power lines were reported down in Washington.
August 2022HailWashington-A storm produced hail 1 inch in diameter in St. George. The time of the report is estimated.
March 2020Heavy RainWashington-Washington county officials received a report of 1.41 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75001834 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 93 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.