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Christmas City, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Provo-Orem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84604. It lies near Provo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Orem quadrangle.

Christmas City within Utah County

On record in Christmas City

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Christmas City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,628 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony29
Arson/incendiarism27
Fireworks10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCASCADE FIRE
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSTEAK KNIFE
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use16 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CANYON 2
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOPE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHARVEY'S
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST LAWN
4 September 1997Fireworksunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSQUAW PEAK OVERLOOK
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY CYN. LINDON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Christmas City: 15 past producers, 10 producers, 3 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Lead. 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
Buckley MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1902, 1917
MonarchSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Monarch MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Squaw PeakLeadProducer
Mcfarland DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Stubbs PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ellis Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Mcfarland Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayOccurrenceSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Olmstead0.5 miles24
Wicks0.7 miles24
Caryhurst1.0 miles24
Springdell1.3 miles23
Canyon Glen1.6 miles23
Nunns2.1 miles23
Edgemont2.5 miles24
Orem3.1 miles24

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 Q122545345The 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 1439730. 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.