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Clive, Utah

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Aragonite quadrangle. It stands 4,288 feet above sea level.

Clive within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Clive between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,155 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCLIVE ROAD
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNEED FISHING POLE
29 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeMILE 52
14 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSALT BRUSH
13 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSalt Lake Field Office45AUTO
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeMILE MARKER 50
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDELLE
7 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeCLIVE RAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clive: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Mercury, Copper, Silver. 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
Overland Mine (See Mercur District)Mercury, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Sunshine Mine (See Mercur District)Gold, Mercury, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit #23086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

25 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clive in 25 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 25 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 67 mph at 4:10 pm MST, followed by a subsequent peak wind gust of 68 mph at 4:20 pm MST. These wind gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindClive-The ARGONT mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindClive-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Grassey mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindClive-The Aragonite mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 at Grassey automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindClive-The Utah Department of Transportation I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station measured a wind gust of 71 mph at 3:40 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindClive-The Utah Department of Transportation I-80 @ Grassey mesonet station measured a wind gust of 69 mph at 3:40 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindClive-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded by the I-80 at Grassey mesonet station.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindClive-The Interstate 80 at Grassey sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindClive-An automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 at Grassey sensor recorded a peak gust of 59 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 at Grassey sensor reported a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindClive-The Interstate 80 at Grassey sensor reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindClive-A 61 mph wind gust was measured at the Vernon Hill sensor.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindClive-The Aragonite RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindClive-The Wig Mountain sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClive-The Interstate 80 at Grassey sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 68 mph.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindClive-The I-80 sensor at Grassey recorded a maximum wind gust of 67 mph.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindClive-A 51 knot wind gust was measured at the West Salt Flats sensor.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindClive-Dry Microburst
December 2005Thunderstorm WindClive-Salt Flats Mesonet station
September 2002Thunderstorm WindClive-A severe thunderstorm produced 72 mph (63 kts) wind gusts 23 miles west of Clive.

Every storm 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
Aragonite6.5 miles8
Knolls9.2 miles8
Low10.8 miles14
Delle18.4 miles14
Barro19.7 miles8
Iosepa (historical)23.0 miles17
Timpie24.6 miles16
Dolomite28.7 miles16

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 CliveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5134468The 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 1437527. 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.

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.