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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Saint John quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Saint John quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TWO SPRINGS |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | FAUSTCRK |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | FAUST |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOUTH VALLEY |
| 3 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CLOVERSIDE |
| 2 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TWO SPRING |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CLOVER |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | SOUTH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Pit | Volcanic Materials, Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Tooele Quarry | Pumice | Occurrence | Pumice | |
| Unknown Prospect | Volcanic Materials, Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Barrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit Faust Quad R5w T7s Sec16 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit In Twn 7s Rng 5w Sec 24 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit Vernon Ne Quad Sec 13 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faust | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Clover | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Saint John | 7.8 miles | 22 | |
| West Mercur | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Rush Valley | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Pehrson | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Vernon | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mercur (historical) | 11.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4699574 | 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 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.







