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Photograph of Monroe City Hall
Photograph by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Monroe City Hall

Built in 1934 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Monroe City Hall in Monroe, Utah was built in 1934. Main St., it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”

Wikipedia article Monroe City Hall (Monroe, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1934, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 10 N. Main St., Monroe, 84754
  • When was it listed? April 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Works Buildings TR
  • Census division. Monroe
  • When was it built? 1934
  • Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85000814 - 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Monroe City Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,751 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 3 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
Natural68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2019Natural18 acresRichfield Field OfficeMINI GOLF
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestTHOMPSON BASIN RD
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSCRUB FLAT WFU
28 September 2004Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestTROGDOR
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral AreaWASHBURN
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRIVER BOTTOM 2
23 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestLC

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Monroe City Hall: 11 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Monroe Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
GeorgiaManganesePast Producer1918
Jumbo ProspectManganeseProspect1940
Noonday ProspectManganesePast ProducerPyrolusite
Noonday ProspectManganeseProspect1940
RichfieldManganeseOccurrence
Elsinore Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Elsinore Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21006Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21007Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this property

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997WildfireMonroe1 killed, $20,000no account filed
June 2011FloodMonroe$150,000The Sevier River at Sigurd peaked at 1728 cfs on June 1st, then remained above flood stage for more than a week after that as it slowly receded. Many roads across Sevier county continued to be impacted and damaged, including State Road 118 between Joseph and Monroe, the Sevier River Road between Central Valley and Annabella, and Seegmiller Lane near Richfield. In addition, flood waters seeped into about a dozen homes, while threatening more than a dozen others.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMonroe$10,000A strong thunderstorm ripped through the Sevier Valley, knocking down a 200-foot section of building in Richfield, and blowing down large trees in Monroe. The strongest recorded wind gust was 48 mph (42 kts), but stronger gusts likely occurred with this storm.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMonroe-Signal Peak RAWS station reported a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMonroe-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded by the Signal Peak sensor.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMonroe-The Monroe sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMonroe-The Signal Peak RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMonroe-The Signal Peak RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2001HailMonroe-Monroe reported 3/4" hail from a severe thunderstorm.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindMonroe-no account filed

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

6 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
Monroe Presbyterian Churchunder 500 feet1980
Soren Simonsen House0.2 miles1982
Elsinore Sugar Factory3.4 miles1980
Elsinore White Rock Schoolhouse4.0 miles1978
Joseph William Parker Farm4.2 miles1977
Sevier Ward Church7.4 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000814 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.