Adamsville, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84752. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle. It stands 5,528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Adamsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,316 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | GOULES |
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | HANGING RK |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | SHORT TIME |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | NO TIME |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | ROCKY FORD |
| 27 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MINERSVILLE DAM |
| 24 September 1994 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Cedar City Field Office | BEAVER R. |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HAROLD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Adamsville: 19 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pass Blue Star, Strategic Metals Mine | Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Big Pass Mine | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1927 | |
| Creole Mine | Copper, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Harriet Mine Group | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Plumbojarosite | |
| Harriett Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Molly Claims | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Iron | Past Producer | Limonite, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Molly Group | Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Molly Group | Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Strategic Metals Mine | Tungsten, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1940, 1944 | |
| Strategic Metals Mine | Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adamsville in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | The Minersville Reservoir mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Adamsville | - | Water and debris flowed across State Route 21. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Minersville | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Beaver | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cunningham Hill | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Manderfield | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| North Creek | 12.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cook Corner | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Milford | 15.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Adamsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4680534 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1425050. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





