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Covered Bridge Canyon, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Spanish Fork-Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. It lies near Thurber Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork Peak quadrangle. It stands 5,115 feet above sea level.

Covered Bridge Canyon within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Covered Bridge Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,711 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined55
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBILLIES MOUNTAIN
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWERHOUSE RD.
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTIRE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRAIL
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRANSFORMER
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCRAB CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Covered Bridge Canyon: 15 producers, 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gold, 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
Castilla Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Dream MineGold, SilverProspect
Diamond ForkIronOccurrenceGoethite, Limonite
Diamond Fork Iron ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Diamond Fork ProspectIronOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerClay, Quartzite, Sand, Sandstone
Mapleton Ne Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mapleton Siding Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Moark Junction Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ready Mix and Assoc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Castilla1.4 miles22
Gomex3.0 miles22
Moark Junction3.7 miles22
Thistle4.2 miles17
Sutro4.5 miles22
Woodland Hills5.2 miles21
Salem6.5 miles21
Mapleton6.6 miles22

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 Q112732136The 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 2708039. 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.