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Becks, Utah

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84116. It lies near Lime Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City North quadrangle.

Becks within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Becks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined460 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALT LAKE ASSIST
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSMOKE CHASER
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENSIGN INCORPORATED
5 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOSQUITO
29 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use56 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBOUNTIFUL
24 August 2006Natural7.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Becks: 28 producers, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General, Geothermal. 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
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Intermountain Smelting CorpAntimonyProducer
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Wasatch 8ot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Limekiln Gulch North QuarryLimestone, General, IronPast ProducerCalcite, Limonite
Limekiln Gulch South QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Magnet IronIronProducerReplacement
Spring Gulch QuarryIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Victory Road Lime Pit.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Salt Lake City4.2 miles27
Buena Vista4.8 miles27
Granite4.9 miles25
Fort Douglas (historical)6.0 miles27
Terminal6.3 miles20
University Village6.4 miles27
Sugar House6.9 miles25
South Salt Lake7.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1438551. 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.