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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Thatcher Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Thatcher Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 60 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHERRIE MCNEELY |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 40 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOULDING |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOX ELDER |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BARBRA NELSON |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PENROSE MOUNTAIN |
| 13 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRENT SHAFFER |
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OWEN STOKES |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MARBLE HILLS 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Homer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| D. Homer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Holdaway #02170 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Holdaway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Holdaway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Manning Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Manning Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ray Holdaway Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unnamed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bothwell | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bothwell | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a wooden barn in Bothwell. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Bothwell | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was observed and video taped along Interstate 84 north of Bothwell. |
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.
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 Bothwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4948700 | The 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.





