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Photograph of Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
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Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District is a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) historic district in American Fork Canyon in northeastern Utah County, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”

Wikipedia article Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

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 3 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. UT 80, Highland, 84003
  • When was it listed? April 1989
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Electric Power Plants of Utah MPS
  • Census division. American Fork-Pleasant Grove
  • National Register reference number. 89000278 - 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,119 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 12 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
Recreation and ceremony61
Natural40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIBBLE
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #2
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #1
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIMPOONEKE RD #2
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMADDIE
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHOGANY
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCASCADE SPRINGS
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreTimpanogos Cave National MonumentWESTTOUR

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Upper American Fork Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District: 12 producers, 11 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 prospect. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Tungsten. 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
Alpine Galena MineLead, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Big Dane No. 1IronOccurrenceVein
Deer Creek Ne ProspectsLead, CopperOccurrence
Floral Lode Claim MineLead, ZincPast Producer
M WorkingsSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Mahogany Mtn. ProspectCalciumOccurrenceReplacement
Metals CoalitionTungsten, Silver, CopperProspect
Metals Coalition Mining Co. MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1941, 1943
Nebraska Hill East MineSilver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, BismuthPast Producer
Nebraska Hill South MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, MolybdenumPast ProducerSurface/Underground

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Timpanogos Cave Historic District1.5 miles2026
Moyle House and Indian Tower4.4 miles1992
Alpine City Hall4.8 miles1991
Alpine LDS Church Meetinghouse4.8 miles1990
Edward Wadley House4.9 miles1987
Christen Larsen House5.6 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000278 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Utah CountyAll 183 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.