Castilla, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. It lies near Shurtz Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle. It stands 4,925 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Provo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Castilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,673 acres in total. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BILLIES MOUNTAIN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DIAMOND 3 |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TIRE |
| 29 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CRAB CREEK |
| 2 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THISTLE CAMPFIRE |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FERRET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Castilla: 9 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castilla Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Diamond Fork | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Diamond Fork Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Diamond Fork Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Moark Junction Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dep of Hwys No 25056 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25054 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25057 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25080 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25081 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covered Bridge Canyon | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Thistle | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gomex | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Moark Junction | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sutro | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Rio | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Patrick Place | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Woodland Hills | 6.6 miles | 21 |
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 Q112731326 | 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 1439508. 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.









