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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Wayne County High School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 55 N. Center St., Bicknell, 84715
- When was it listed? April 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Public Works Buildings TR
- Census division. Loa
- National Register reference number. 85000821 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wayne County High School between 1992 and 2017, burning about 30 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BRISTLECONE |
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | COZY COVE |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | LOOKOUT |
| 26 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | BLACK RIDGE |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | BRONX |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SADDLE PASS |
| 6 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | JENSEN |
| 28 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BURNT SPRINGS |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wayne County High School: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Ridge Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Alabaster | |
| Black Ridge Gysum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Collins Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Collins Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Big Hollow Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Big Hollow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Durfee Canyon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Durfee Canyon Gravel Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Rabbit Valley Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this property
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bicknell, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Bicknell | $1,000 | Flooding was reported in the town of Bicknell, with water flowing across streets. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Bicknell | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Bicknell and Torrey areas. Flood waters spilled across Highway 24, and also reached the Capitol Reef National Park area as a six foot wall of water down Hall's Creek. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Bicknell | - | no account filed |
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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hans Peter Nielson Gristmill | 3.0 miles | 1975 |
 | Teasdale Tithing Granary | 5.5 miles | 1985 |
 | Loa Tithing Office | 6.8 miles | 1985 |
 | Charles W. and Leah Lee House | 7.0 miles | 1996 |
| Torrey Log Church-Schoolhouse | 7.4 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000821 in Record Group 79. |
| Wayne County | All 18 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.