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Arthur, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Magna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84044. The Survey maps it on the Farnsworth Peak quadrangle.

Arthur within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1940 to 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Production. Copper. A rotary car dumper discharging copper ore at the Magna, Utah mill of the Utah Copper Company. Vast quantities of copper needed for war production are treated at the company's plants at Magna and Arthur
Production. Copper. A rotary car dumper discharging copper ore at the Magna, Utah mill of the Utah Copper Company. Vast quantities of copper needed for war production are treated at the company's plants at Magna and Arthur
Feininger, Andreas, 1940. Library of Congress
Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company in its plants at Magna and Arthur, Utah
Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company in its plants at Magna and Arthur, Utah
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes
Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes
Feininger, Andreas, 1940. Library of Congress
Production. Copper. Large-size motors are required to drive the ball mills at the Magna and Arthur mills of the Utah Copper Company where vast quantities of copper ore are treated
Production. Copper. Large-size motors are required to drive the ball mills at the Magna and Arthur mills of the Utah Copper Company where vast quantities of copper ore are treated
Feininger, Andreas, 1940. Library of Congress
Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes
Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes
Feininger, Andreas, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 1995 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands102 W I-80
2 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands7200 WEST ASSIST
2 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFENCE LINE
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthwest AreaSILVER BEACH
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOUNDARY
20 August 2002Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSUNRISE
17 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLACK ROCK FIRE
4 July 2008Fireworks18 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeKENNECOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Arthur: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 3 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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) Garfield Copper RefineryCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
(Facility) Garfield Copper SmelterCopper, Silver, GoldPlant
Bonneville ConcentratorCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, LeadProducer
Magna ConcentratorCopper, MolybdenumProducer
Salt Lake Sodium Products Co.SodiumPast Producer
Saltair PitSaltProducer
Saltair PlantHaliteProducer1888, 1982
UnnamedBromineProducer
Garfield Phosphate PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Garfield Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1954

Every working recorded in Salt Lake 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
Magna Mill0.8 miles20
Garfield1.7 miles18
Magna1.9 miles20
Garfield Junction2.8 miles18
Riter4.0 miles20
Bacchus4.3 miles20
Hunter6.3 miles20
Terminal7.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437490. 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.