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Birdseye, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84651. It stands on Bennie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Birdseye quadrangle. It stands 5,430 feet above sea level.

Birdseye within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Birdseye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,887 acres in total. 69 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
Natural69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGUARD
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIXON
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLITTLE DIXON
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHAGANEY RIDGE
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPATHFINDER
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIXON RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Birdseye: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Birdseye QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Uh. Dept of Hwys. No. 25089 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25089Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25091Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Limestone, Quartzite
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25087Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25088Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys. No. 25085 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Quartzite
Ut. Dept of Hwys, Gravel Pit 25090Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birdseye in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Debris FlowBirdseye$68,000Heavy rain over the Pole Creek Fire burn scar, produced a debris flow across U.S. Highway 89 near Birdseye.
July 2019Flash FloodBirdseye$60,000Heavy rain over the Bald Mountain Fire and Pole Creek Fire burn scars, produced a debris flow that closed northbound U.S. Highway 89 near Birdseye.
August 2010Flash FloodBirdseye$10,000Heavy rain over the Lake Fork burn scar caused a flash flood and debris flow, with Highway 89 being covered in water, mud, and rocks near Birdseye. The flood closed the highway in both directions between mile markers 305 and 307, and some cars were stuck in the debris.
August 2019Flash FloodBirdseye-Flash flooding led to water crossing U.S. Highway 89 near Birdseye.

Every storm recorded in Utah 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
Pines1.9 miles19
Thistle5.4 miles17
Covered Bridge Canyon7.7 miles22
Castilla7.8 miles22
Rio8.2 miles17
Woodland Hills8.2 miles21
Elk Ridge9.0 miles21
Gomex10.5 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on BirdseyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4916137The 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 1438817. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.