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One of 111 National Register listings published here for Beaver County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Upper Beaver Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- Address. UT 153 10 mi. E of Beaver, Beaver
- When was it listed? April 1989
- Category. district
- Also known as. Electric Power Plants of Utah MPS
- Census division. Beaver
- National Register reference number. 89000282 - 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
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Upper Beaver Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,755 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COLE |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BLACKNER |
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | TRACTOR |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | EAGLE NEST |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CLOVER WFU |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Fishlake National Forest | THREE CREEKS |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | LITTLE RES |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Upper Beaver Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2017 | Lightning | Beaver | 2 hurt | Two girls, ages 8 and 16, were camping with relatives near Big Flat in the Beaver Mountains. The girls were by themselves, accompanied by a family dog, when they were both struck by lightning. The dog returned to camp to alert the rest of the family, and the family found the girls unconscious. Both girls were flown via helicopter to the hospital, and both survived, despite suffering significant injuries. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Beaver | $25,000 | A strong thunderstorm moved over Interstate 15 near mile post 100, dropping heavy rain and significant, accumulating small hail. This storm led to a large pileup accident involving 4 semitrucks and one passenger vehicle. Interstate 15 was shut down in both directions for about 2 hours, and three people (one semitruck driver and two people from the passenger vehicle) were injured. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Beaver | $20,000 | A photo and video on social media showed estimated 2 inch diameter hail, with significant damage to a camper trailer and truck. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | $1,000 | A tree fell on a power line in Greenville. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | A wind gust of 64 mph was recorded by the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beaver | - | Rainfall total fell in 75 minutes. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Beaver | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell at the Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | A large pine tree was blown over at Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beaver | - | The Interstate 15 at Beaver Ridge automated weather station recorded 0.78 inches of rain in 10 minutes. Flooding and debris was reported along State Route 153 between Main Street and the Canyon Breeze Golf Course. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Beaver | - | Hail measured to be one inch in diameter was reported in Beaver. |
| September 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Beaver | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Cameron | 7.0 miles | 1974 |
| William Robinson House | 7.5 miles | 1983 | |
 | Maggie Gillies White House | 7.7 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000282 in Record Group 79. |
| Beaver County | All 111 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.