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Cropley, Utah

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84337. The Survey maps it on the Tremonton quadrangle.

Cropley within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Cropley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning7
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBear River AreaJUMP
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN WASTE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBENNETTS
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON FIRE
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKEITH FRIDAL
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHARPERS POND
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands378
20 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8000

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cropley: 8 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Crystal Madsens Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ellis, Bingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Ellis,Bingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gardner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gardner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jensen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cropley in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 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 WindCropley-The I-15 @ Tremonton mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCropley-The Interstate 15 at Tremonton automated weather station reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCropley-A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the I-15 at Tremonton sensor.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCropley-A maximum wind gust of 62 mph was recorded by the sensor at I-15 at Tremonton.

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Evans2.0 miles11
Ford2.2 miles11
Bradford2.4 miles9
Elwood3.1 miles9
Bear River City3.6 miles11
Tremonton4.1 miles9
Crossroads4.4 miles9
Madsen4.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437537. 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.