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Photograph of Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center
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Peteetneet School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 50 N. 500 East, Payson, 84651
  • When was it listed? May 1990
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Spanish Fork-Payson
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Richard C. Watkins
  • National Register reference number. 90000795 - 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

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Peteetneet School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,702 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined162
Debris and open burning59
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks5
Firearms and explosives use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsI-15, MM251
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDRO
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeP MOUNTAIN
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBANDIT
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELDING

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Peteetneet School: 25 past producers, 16 producers, 11 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Lead, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brownstone AditCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Bullock MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena
Castilla Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
El Dorado MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Elsie Jane DriftLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena
Golden Relief ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Jewel No 9Zinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Julie Nos 1,2,3,5,8,And 20CopperOccurrence
Keigley Ne ProspectsIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Midnight Claim GroupIron, LeadOccurrenceUnderground

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Payson, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Tornado (F0)Payson$2,000A small tornado (F0) touched down in Payson in Utah County. The tornado damaged about 100 feet of vinyl fence and lifted a small aluminum boat off of its trailer. The path of the tornado was about 100 yards.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPayson$1,000A large tree was downed/uprooted, including its associated large root ball.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPayson-Mesonet station UTBRC I-15 at Beer Creek recorded a wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPayson-The I-15 at Beer Creek mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 71 mph at 4:20 pm MST as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. A second peak wind gust of 79 mph was recorded at 4:30 pm MST before winds began to subside.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPayson-The I-15 at Beer Creek sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
August 2016HailPayson-Nickel- to quarter-sized hail was reported in multiple locations across Utah County, including Payson and Salem.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPayson-The Interstate 15 at Beer Creek sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2011HailPayson-Hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches was reported near Payson.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPayson-A severe thunderstorm brought 58mph (50kts) wind gusts to the Payson area.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPayson-no account filed

Every storm 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
John Dixon House0.5 miles1978
Christopher F. Dixon Jr. House0.5 miles1977
Samuel Douglass House0.5 miles1992
Payson Historic District0.5 miles2007
Payson Presbyterian Church0.7 miles1986
Ira W. Gardner House2.8 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000795 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.
  • 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.