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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Santa Clara Hydroelectric Power Plants Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- Address. Off UT 18 on Santa Clara River, Veyo, 84733
- When was it listed? April 1989
- Category. district
- Also known as. Electric Power Plants of Utah MPS
- Census division. St. George
- National Register reference number. 89000281 - 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
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clara Hydroelectric Power Plants Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,990 acres in total. 116 started naturally. 3 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PISTOL |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | POOL |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | SANDPIT |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | VEYO |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PINON HILL |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cedar City Field Office | OAK PATCH |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VEYO |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VEYO |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clara Hydroelectric Power Plants Historic District: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Veyo Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Uranium, Antimony | Occurrence | Stibnite | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Borrow Pit #27071 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit No.27071 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veyo, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Veyo | $250,000 | Heavy rain over Washington County resulted in a flash flood that damaged 20 homes in Dammeron Valley, three in Hurricane, and two in Washington. State Route 18 was temporarily closed due to debris on the road. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Veyo | $125,000 | Flash flooding occurred in Brookside and Veyo, both of which are towns along the Santa Clara River, during the overnight hours. In Brookside, flood waters washed out roads and caused damage to several garages and basements. Near Veyo, a family of 13 was camping in what had been a dry streambed, when flood waters rose and forced them to higher ground. Tents and other camping equipment were washed downstream, and the waters even picked up their minivan, slamming it into a boulder. All 13 people were rescued, with no injuries reported. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Veyo | $1,000 | A Snow Canyon State Park employee reported damage to West Canyon Road due to flooding. A tent was also flooded, forcing a camper to sleep in their vehicle. Rainfall estimates in this vicinity indicated between .70 and .90 inches of rain had fallen in around 90 minutes. Time is estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veyo | - | Power lines were reported down in Veyo. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Veyo | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell at the Veyo Pool Resort. Time estimated by radar. |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000281 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 93 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.