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Boneta, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84051. The Survey maps it on the Altamont quadrangle. It stands 6,460 feet above sea level.

Boneta within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Boneta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 21 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/undetermined22
Natural21
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMTN. HOME ROAD FIRE
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONITA
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILD FIRE
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAKE FORK CREEK FIRE
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONETA CENTRAL
13 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencySOUTH PARK
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresNortheast AreaMOUNTAIN HOME
8 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLUE BENCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Boneta: 23 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Duchesne 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
Altamont2.9 miles17
Mount Emmons3.6 miles17
Mountain Home3.7 miles18
Altonah3.8 miles18
Talmage4.7 miles18
Bluebell6.6 miles17
Utahn7.8 miles18
Upalco8.6 miles17

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 BonetaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28131858The 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 1437508. 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.