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Plymouth School

Built in 1934 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Main in Plymouth, Utah, was built as a public works project in 1934. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”

Wikipedia article Plymouth School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Box Elder County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1934, Tudor Revival architecture.

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. 135 S. Main, Plymouth, 84330
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Works Buildings TR
  • Census division. Howell-Snowville
  • When was it built? 1934
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86000733 - 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,146 acres in total. 20 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/undetermined29
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST HILLS
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRUCE ZUNDEL
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG DIVIDE I
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGARY BEAL
2 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDARREL GODFREY
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJOHNSON CANYON
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMALAD RIVER BOTTOMS
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBear River AreaWESTERN METAL

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Plymouth School: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A.A. Capener PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Aa Capener PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Briggs & Box Elder CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Briggs and Box Elder Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ClarkstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
ClarkstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
N A Pierce ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
N. Nish & Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
N.Nish & Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Na Pierce ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this property

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
September 2025Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The I-15 @ Plymouth mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The I-15 @ Plymouth mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The Utah Department of Transportation I-15 @ Plymouth mesonet station measured a wind gust of 68 mph at 9:40 pm MST as a result of outflow from nearby thunderstorms.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The I-15 at Plymouth sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The Interstate 15 at Plymouth sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A gustnado was spotted near Plymouth, Utah, and a picture of the gustnado was captured by a nearby webcam. However, no damage was reported in the area.
July 2007Tornado (EF0)Plymouth-The tornado was photographed by a passing motorist and the photo was supplied by KSL-TV.

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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

3 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
Cutler Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District5.5 miles1989
Washakie LDS Ward Chapel6.0 miles1998
Hampton's Ford Stage Stop and Barn6.4 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000733 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Box Elder CountyAll 45 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.