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Beaver Dam, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84306. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cutler Dam quadrangle.

Beaver Dam within Box Elder County

On record in Beaver Dam

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Dam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG DIVIDE I
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAVER DAM 2400 WEST
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGARY BEAL
18 September 1999Natural2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG DIVIDE II
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMALAD RIVER BOTTOMS
1 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSR30 MP2
1 September 1998Debris and open burning200 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRAD PETERSON
8 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBINGHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Dam: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collingston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Collingston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
L. Larsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
L.Larsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02030Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah State Dept. of Highways Pit #02030Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Wheelon1.4 miles10
Fielding3.1 miles10
Collinston3.1 miles10
Riverside5.0 miles9
Plymouth6.4 miles10
Deweyville7.0 miles11
Garland7.2 miles9
Crossroads8.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2831468. 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.