Altus, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Park City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84098. The Survey maps it on the Big Dutch Hollow quadrangle. It stands 6,897 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Big Dutch Hollow quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Big Dutch Hollow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Altus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JEREMY I80 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SACKET |
| 14 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | I 80 MM 138 |
| 14 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | SUMMIT |
| 5 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HIGHWAY |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | DRY HOLLOW |
| 30 August 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUZ BARN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Altus: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit In Twn 2s Rng 3e Sec 13 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kimball Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| North Snyderville Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Unknown Prospects | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown Quarries | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Park | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Gogorza | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Jeremy Ranch | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Kimball Junction | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| Silver Springs | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Snyderville | 5.6 miles | 26 | |
| Silver Creek Junction | 6.5 miles | 26 | |
| East Basin | 7.1 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q111630669 | 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 1437484. 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.








