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Photograph of Pleasant Grove Historic District
Photograph by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Pleasant Grove Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Pleasant Grove Historic District is a 112-acre (45 ha) historic district in Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”

Wikipedia article Pleasant Grove Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1995 · category: District.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,717 acres in total. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning14
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism12
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCASCADE FIRE
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use16 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CANYON 2
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMADDIE
6 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHIP FIRE
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHOGANY
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY CYN. LINDON
27 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOWBOY
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove Historic District: 15 producers, 14 past producers, 5 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Brick Clay. 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
Mahogany Mtn. ProspectCalciumOccurrenceReplacement
Wadley PitBrick ClayProducerSurface
Mcfarland DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Wadley PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Ellis Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Ellis Mcfarland and Smith PitsClayProducer
Ellis, Mcfarland & Smith PitsClayOccurrence
Mcfarland Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Smith Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Wadley DepositClayProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove1 killedA strong microburst wind resulted in one death in Utah County. The fatality occurred at a baseball park in Pleasant Grove, when a gust of wind blew a 250-pound portable pitching mound over, striking the 13-year-old boy in the head.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove1 hurtTree fell on woman east of Pleasant Grove in microburst
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove$5,000Social media posts indicated multiple downed trees in Pleasant Grove.
June 1997HailPleasant Grove$2,000A severe thunderstorm moved through Utah County. A spotter in Pleasant Grove measured 3/4" hail from this storm.
August 2010HailPleasant Grove-Hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches was reported in Pleasant Grove.
June 2005HailPleasant Grove-Reported in Pleasant Grove
September 2002HailPleasant Grove-A severe thunderstorm produced nickle-size hail and very heavy downpours in the Pleasant Grove area. Rainfall amounts of .78 inches in 15 minutes produced street flooding.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove-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
Pleasant Grove Town Hallunder 500 feet1985
Ashton-Driggs Houseunder 500 feet1972
Pleasant Grove Schoolunder 500 feet1980
Samuel Green House0.2 miles1987
Beers House-Hotel0.2 miles1994
Pleasant Grove Tithing Office0.2 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95001434 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.