BlockClifton, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It stands on Clifton Hills. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Wildcat Mountain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 1996 and 2019, burning about 7 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | PONY |
| 15 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GOLD HILL |
| 12 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | UTS #10 |
| 24 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | BLOOD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 224 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 224 workings within 5 miles of Clifton: 125 occurrences, 74 past producers, 16 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusite Hornfels Area | Kyanite | Occurrence | CONTACT-METAMORPHIC | |
| Ararat | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | ||
| Bird Mine | Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Bonanza Prospect | Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Lead, Sphalerite | |
| Bonanza Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Boston Mine | Silver, Lead, Arsenic | Prospect | Underground | |
| Boston Prospect | Iron, Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cane Springs Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite | |
| Cane Springs Mine | Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Cash Boy Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437525. 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.