Grover School

Built in 1935. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1935.

Sources: 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. Off UT 117, Grover, 84773
When was it listed? April 1986
Category. building
Also known as. Public Works Buildings TR
Census division. Loa
When was it built? 1935
National Register reference number. 86000753 - 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Grover School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 53 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	53
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
30 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	SPRING BRANCH
17 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	TWIN PEAKS
14 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	ROCK CREEK
1 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	ROCK CREEK WFU
1 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	not named
9 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	I THINK
9 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	FISH CREEK
9 August 1992	Natural	2.0 acres	Dixie National Forest	not named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Grover School: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Picture Stone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	Sandstone
Picture Stone Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Sulpher Creek Copper Prospect	Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect	Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Lion Mountain Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence	Alabaster
Lion Mountain Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Torrey Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Torrey Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Old Faithful Mine	Copper	Past Producer	1912
Old Faithful Mine	Copper	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grover, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 8 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
July 2012	Flash Flood	Grover	$10,000	Flash flooding occurred across parts of Capitol Reef National Park, including along Sulphur Creek. The worst of the flooding was in the Cathedral Valley area of the park, where roads were washed out, with trenches 2.5 feet deep.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Flash flooding was reported on Pleasant Creek.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Grover	-	A series of moderate, to at times strong, thunderstorms moved through Capitol Reef National Park over the span of 2 to 3 hours. Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor 3-hour rainfall estimates showed around 1 to 2 inches within the park. As a result, a flow of 6-8 inches of water moved through Capitol Gorge, as reported by Park officials.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Heavy rain caused flash flooding in portions of Capitol Reef National Park, including Cohab Canyon, Sulphur Creek, and Grand Wash.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Flash flooding occurred in several places across Capitol Reef National Park. The Scenic Drive was closed, with 6 to 8 inches of water flowing over the road. The Grand Wash experienced flash flooding, which also impacted a part of the Scenic Drive. Flash flooding was also observed along Sulphur Creek.
August 2011	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Sulpher Creek in Capitol Reef National Park; the flood was categorized as impressive by one of the park rangers.
September 2011	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Moderate to heavy rainfall fell over a broad area near Capitol Reef National Park. This initially caused flash flooding along Sulphur Creek and other parts of Capitol Reef. Eventually this water made its way downstream, causing flash flooding along the Dirty Devil River, which went from 538 to 1419 cfs in a few hours.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Grover	-	Flash flooding occurred in the Capitol Gorge and Grand Wash areas of Capitol Reef National Park. This flooding closed these two areas, as well as the Scenic Drive in the park.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Torrey Log Church-Schoolhouse	6.1 miles	1993
Civilian Conservation Corps Powder Magazine	6.3 miles	1999
Charles W. and Leah Lee House	6.4 miles	1996
Fruita Rural Historic District	6.8 miles	1997
Oyler Mine	6.8 miles	1999
Fruita Schoolhouse	6.9 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000753 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.