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Bothwell, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84337. The Survey maps it on the Thatcher Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,331 feet above sea level.

Bothwell within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Bothwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,249 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined60
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHERRIE MCNEELY
5 September 2001Natural40 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOULDING
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
2 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBARBRA NELSON
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPENROSE MOUNTAIN
13 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRENT SHAFFER
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOWEN STOKES
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMARBLE HILLS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bothwell: 12 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
D Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
D. Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Holdaway #02170 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Holdaway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Holdaway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Manning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Manning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ray Holdaway PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bothwell in 3 storm reports in 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBothwell1 hurt, $50,000A strong thunderstorm moved through northern Box Elder County, with a maximum recorded wind gust of 62 mph at the I-84 at White's Valley sensor. This thunderstorm caused significant damage in the town of Portage, Utah, with several trees damaged or knocked down and approximately ten homes with shingle damage. In addition, a porch awning collapsed, injuring a woman and sending her to the hospital.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBothwell$30,000Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a wooden barn in Bothwell.
August 2015HailBothwell-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was observed and video taped along Interstate 84 north of Bothwell.

Every storm 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
Thatcher2.5 miles11
Tremonton5.0 miles9
Penrose5.1 miles11
Garland5.4 miles9
Crossroads6.2 miles9
Cropley6.3 miles9
Elwood6.5 miles9
Riverside7.6 miles9

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 BothwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4948700The 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 1425891. 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.