Bullion Falls, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Marysvale census division. It stands on Cascade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Brigham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Delano Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Delano Peak quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Delano Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Mount Brigham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Mount Brigham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bullion Falls between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,526 acres in total. 14 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | PURPLE PEAK |
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 22 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TRAIL 1106 FIRE |
| 22 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | TRAIL1106 |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | MILL CANYON |
| 29 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | DEER HAVEN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BULLION CANYON |
| 2 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | NOSTRIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 124 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 124 workings within 5 miles of Bullion Falls: 72 past producers, 27 occurrences, 22 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bully Boy Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1868 | |
| Bully Boy and Webster Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Cascade Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Cascade Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Contact No 4 | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Crystal Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Crystal Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Dalton | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Gold, Silver, Tetrahedrite | |
| Dalton | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Trail Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1878 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alunite | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Upper Kimberly | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Kimberly | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Marysvale | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Thompsonville | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hoovers | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pittsburg | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Junction | 13.4 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565254 | 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 1439306. 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.








