Castle Rock, Utah
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Coalville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84017. It stands on Tristram Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock quadrangle. It stands 6,214 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CASTEL ROCK 2 |
| 3 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK |
| 28 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE RAIL |
| 12 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 186 CASTLEROCK |
| 1 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 177 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ASPEN MEADOWS |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NEW PORT |
| 23 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VIRGINIA |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LOST FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Rock in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | - | A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Wasatch Hills sensor. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | - | The Wasatch Hills sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 60 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wahsatch | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Upton | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Echo Resort | 15.1 miles | 22 | |
| Echo | 15.7 miles | 22 | |
| Coalville | 16.9 miles | 22 | |
| Henefer | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hoytsville | 18.9 miles | 24 |
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 Q97601722 | 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 1437517. 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.
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.





