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Diamond, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies near Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. It stands 6,253 feet above sea level.

Diamond within Juab County

On record in Diamond

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 17 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Diamond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,808 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 5 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4

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
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION TREE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHERD
12 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRichfield Field Office693
12 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRAILROAD TIE NUMBER 2
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeTOOLBOX
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST STANDARD
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeMACINTYRE RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 299 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 299 workings within 5 miles of Diamond: 166 past producers, 107 occurrences, 14 producers, 10 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Beck MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast Producer1904, 1905, 1950
Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining CoSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Black DragonGold, Silver, ClayOccurrenceReplacement
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Boss Tweed MineCopper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProspectReplacement
Bullion - Beck MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer1876, 1877, 1965
Carisa MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein
Carisa WorkingsSilver, Copper, Gold, Cadmium, ZincOccurrence1875
Centennial EurekaCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Vanadium, Uranium, ZincPast ProducerReplacement

Every working recorded in Juab 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
Silver City2.6 miles16
Dennis3.4 miles16
Mammoth3.4 miles16
Tintic Junction4.6 miles16
Mammoth Junction4.7 miles16
Knightville5.0 miles17
McIntyre5.0 miles16
Eureka5.1 miles17

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 DiamondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54953270The 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 1455093. 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.