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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.

Altus within Summit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJEREMY I80
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSACKET
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeI 80 MM 138
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaSUMMIT
5 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHIGHWAY
30 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeDRY HOLLOW
30 August 1998Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUZ BARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel Pit In Twn 2s Rng 3e Sec 13Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kimball Junction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
North Snyderville Quarry No. 1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartz
Unknown ProspectsStonePast Producer
Unknown QuarriesStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Unknown QuarriesStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Summit Park0.6 miles26
Gogorza2.6 miles23
Jeremy Ranch3.1 miles23
Kimball Junction4.3 miles26
Silver Springs5.0 miles26
Snyderville5.6 miles26
Silver Creek Junction6.5 miles26
East Basin7.1 miles26

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 Q111630669The 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.