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Photograph of Sevier Ward Church
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sevier Ward Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Sevier Ward Church is a historic church in Sevier, Utah. It was built in 1930 by John Marius Johnson, an immigrant from Denmark who became a "well-known stonemason" in Utah, on land that belonged to J.C.”

Wikipedia article Sevier Ward Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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. E of Sevier U.S. 89, Sevier, 84766
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Monroe
  • National Register reference number. 80003969 - 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Sevier Ward Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 66 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Firearms and explosives use5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
6 September 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCentral AreaJOE TOWN
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeBOX CANYON
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSARGENT MTN
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFIF 55
2 September 1996Natural5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeCANDY
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFIRST SPRING HOLLOW
16 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Sevier Ward Church: 16 occurrences, 12 past producers, 11 producers, 2 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Aluminum, Iron. 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
Antelope MineGold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Antelope MineSilver, GoldProducer
BbbUranium, DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Big ChiefAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceReplacement
Copper Cap ProspectUranium, AluminumOccurrenceVein
Mickey #2Uranium, SilverOccurrence
Quartzite Cap Manganese MineManganese, Iron, AluminumPast ProducerLimonite
Von Hindenburg DepositAluminum, PotassiumOccurrence1915
Yellow Jacket DepositAluminum, PotassiumPast Producer1914, 1915
Big Chief DepositPotassium, AluminumOccurrence1915

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this property

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sevier, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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
August 2006Flash FloodSevier-Road washed out in Marysvale Canyon along Rt 89.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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

4 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
Joseph William Parker Farm5.1 miles1977
Monroe City Hall7.4 miles1985
Soren Simonsen House7.4 miles1982
Monroe Presbyterian Church7.4 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003969 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sevier CountyAll 20 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.