BlockFrom the record
One of 80 National Register listings published here for Cache County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Women's Residence Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Utah State University, Logan, 84321
- When was it listed? April 1986
- Category. building
- Also known as. Public Works Buildings TR
- Census division. Logan
- National Register reference number. 86000735 - 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
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Women's Residence Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | THIRD DAM |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SPRING HOLLOW |
| 19 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RICK |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LUCKY STRIKE |
| 10 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SECOND DAM |
| 10 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SECOND DAM FIRE |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LITTLE BALDY |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LOGAN DRY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Women's Residence Hall: 10 producers, 10 past producers, 9 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Mining and Milling | Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Green Canyon Quarry No 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hoffman Claims | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Providence Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Green Canyon Quarry No 1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Green Canyon Quarry No 2 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Green Canyon Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| La Var A. Mohr | Calcium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Norman Peterson | Calcium | Occurrence | Placer |
Storms near this property
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds in Logan knocked over a tree that was a foot in diameter and approximately 50 feet tall. This tree fell onto a house and knocked out power in a 3 block radius. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Logan | $10,000 | The Logan River continued to flood into the beginning of July. This flooding continued to damage and cause the partial closure of the Logan River Golf Course, but otherwise the impacts were largely mitigated, and the waters receded quickly as the snow began to run out. Note that this event began in June. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $4,000 | A few medium sized trees were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds near Logan, with one tree falling onto a car. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | The US-89 at USU mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | The US-89 at USU mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | Several trees were downed. |
| September 2019 | Hail | North Logan | - | Quarter-sized hail fell at the campus of Utah State University. |
| September 2019 | Hail | North Logan | - | Half-dollar-sized hail was reported in Logan. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | The Logan CWOP sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 61 mph. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Logan | - | Widespread street flooding occurred, including reports from local media of garbage cans floating down the streets of Logan. |
| July 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Logan | - | A funnel cloud was spotted briefly near Logan. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Home Economics/Commons Building | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Old Main, Utah State University | 0.2 miles | 1972 |
 | Crockett House | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
 | Sigma Chi Fraternity House | 0.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Whittier School | 0.8 miles | 2000 |
 | Logan Temple Barn | 0.9 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86000735 in Record Group 79. |
| Cache County | All 80 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.