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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Wasatch County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- Address. UT 220, Heber City, 84049
- When was it listed? April 1989
- Category. district
- Also known as. Electric Power Plants of Utah MPS
- Census division. North Wasatch
- National Register reference number. 89000279 - 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
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 729 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MARY |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEAT |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER VALLEY |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRIGHTON ESTATES |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDWAY 6TH SO. |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 140 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 140 workings within 5 miles of Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District: 89 past producers, 27 occurrences, 17 producers, 6 prospects. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Shaft | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Balmount Atlanta Tunnel | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Balmount Shaft | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1907, 1925, 1952 | |
| Bay State Mine | Silver, Lead, Antimony, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Bay State Mine | Lead, Silver, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Occurrence | 1912, 1915, 1919 | |
| Bay State Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Big and Little Cottonwood Districts | Silver, Lead, Cobalt, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1864 | |
| California Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Comstock Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cottonwood Canyon Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this property
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heber City, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber City | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $1,000 | Two men were canoeing on Jordanelle Reservoir when thunderstorm outflow winds estimated at 45mph (39kts) capsized the canoe. The men were thrown into the 34 degree water about 25 feet from shore, but they were pushed out further by the wind as they hung onto the canoe. They both became hypothermic, and the 27-year-old man let go of the canoe and drowned. The other man was rescued and sent to the hospital, where he recovered. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber City | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60-70 mph (52-61 kts) blew through portions of Heber City, blowing down trees and power lines and taking shingles off roofs. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Heber City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber City | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Heber City | - | Near Jordanelle Reservoir |
| August 2006 | Hail | Heber City | - | at Jordanelle Reservior |
| September 2005 | Hail | Heber City | - | Large hail at Strawberry reservoir |
| June 1996 | Hail | Heber City | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Huber House and Creamery | 1.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Schneitter Hotel | 2.7 miles | 1992 |
 | Midway Town Hall | 3.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Wilson House and Farmstead | 3.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Burgener-Boss Farmstead | 3.4 miles | 1994 |
 | William Coleman House | 3.5 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000279 in Record Group 79. |
| Wasatch County | All 38 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.