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Angels Grove, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84074. It lies near Middle Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tooele quadrangle.

Angels Grove within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Angels Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,471 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined40
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSILCOX
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaCANAL
23 September 2014Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTOOELE
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUGGY
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNorthwest AreaPIONEER ASSIST
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeWHITE PINE
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeFIRST
9 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeUTAH AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Angels Grove: 47 past producers, 12 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Iron. 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
(Facility) International Smeltershut DownGold, Silver, CopperPlant
(Facility) Tooele Smelter DumpLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPlant
Apex-Delaware Group MinesCopper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Argentine ShaftCopper, Gold, Lead, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite
Argentine TunnelCopper, Lead, GoldProspect
Bingham West Dip TunnelCopper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, IronOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Burning MoscowLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerLead
Carr Fork MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Platinum, PalladiumPast Producer1873
Don'T Care TunnelGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Highland Boy MineZinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Tooele2.1 miles17
Lincoln3.0 miles17
Tad Park (historical)4.4 miles22
Bauer6.4 miles22
Erda6.7 miles17
Stockton7.1 miles22
Stansbury park8.2 miles16
Marshall9.0 miles15

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 Q122570417The 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 1437487. 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.