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Center, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. It stands on Faust Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint John quadrangle.

Center within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,791 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning2

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTWO SPRINGS
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeFAUSTCRK
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeFAUST
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOUTH VALLEY
3 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCLOVERSIDE
2 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTWO SPRING
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCLOVER
5 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSOUTH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Center: 19 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Clay, Pumice. 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
Barrow PitVolcanic Materials, ClayPast ProducerSurface
Tooele QuarryPumiceOccurrencePumice
Unknown ProspectVolcanic Materials, ClayOccurrenceClay
Barrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow Pit Faust Quad R5w T7s Sec16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow Pit In Twn 7s Rng 5w Sec 24Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow Pit Vernon Ne Quad Sec 13Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Faust4.6 miles16
Clover6.8 miles22
Saint John7.8 miles22
West Mercur7.9 miles23
Rush Valley8.2 miles22
Pehrson10.0 miles17
Vernon11.0 miles17
Mercur (historical)11.1 miles21

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 CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4699574The 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 1435039. 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.