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Como Springs, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Morgan North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It lies near Upper Weber Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Morgan quadrangle.

Como Springs within Morgan County

On record in Como Springs

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Como Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,988 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning58
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST YOUNG
9 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONGWIRE FIRE
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMO FIRE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLRACE FIRE
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSCOTTS NALE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKS DON'T SLEEP
4 September 2005Natural12 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWIDOWMAKER FIRE
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOUNTAIN GREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Como Springs: 13 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Red Eagle and Morgan ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
Utah Highway Dept No 15022StonePast Producer
Devil'm Slide Phosphate LocalityPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceCHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Devils Slide Phosphate LocalityPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Phosphate DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Ree's Ranch AditCopper, IronOccurrenceJarosite, Limonite, Malachite
Rees Ranch AditCopper, IronPast Producer
Unknown ClaimIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Unknown ClaimIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Morgan1.1 miles13
Richville2.7 miles13
Littleton3.3 miles13
Stoddard3.6 miles13
Taggarts3.7 miles12
Porterville4.1 miles23
Milton4.3 miles13
Whites Crossing6.1 miles23

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 Q122542273The 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 1437531. 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.