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.
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.
Morgan Union Pacific Depotlisted 2011 · 1.0 miles away- Morgan Elementary Schoollisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST YOUNG |
| 9 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONGWIRE FIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMO FIRE |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLRACE FIRE |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SCOTTS NALE |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARKS DON'T SLEEP |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WIDOWMAKER FIRE |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOUNTAIN GREEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Eagle and Morgan Consolidated | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Highway Dept No 15022 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devil'm Slide Phosphate Locality | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | CHEMICAL SEDIMENT | |
| Devils Slide Phosphate Locality | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Phosphate Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Ree's Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite | |
| Rees Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Claim | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite | |
| Unknown Claim | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Richville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Littleton | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Stoddard | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Taggarts | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Porterville | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Milton | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whites Crossing | 6.1 miles | 23 |
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 Q122542273 | 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 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.







