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Cardon, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Smithfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84335. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle.

Cardon within Cache County

On record in Cardon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Cardon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined14
Fireworks7
Natural6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCENTERVILLE V
23 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCUTLER PEAK
22 September 2019Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHYDE PARK CANYON
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeDRY HOLLOW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCIRCLE VIEW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDE PARK LANE
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROCKING R
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMENDANHALL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cardon: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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
State Highway Dept No 3009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Highways Pit No. 03011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No 03012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept of Highways Pit # 03005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cache 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
Smithfield1.1 miles18
Hyde Park2.2 miles18
Amalga3.7 miles16
Greenville4.0 miles18
North Logan4.4 miles18
White Horse Village4.6 miles18
Riverside4.9 miles16
Benson5.2 miles16

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 Q122539178The 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 1439480. 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.