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.
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.
- Diamond Cemeterylisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
- Showers Mine and Headframelisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Lynndyl quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREAT EASTERN |
| 20 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUNCTION TREE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HERD |
| 12 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | 693 |
| 12 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | RAILROAD TIE NUMBER 2 |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | TOOLBOX |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EAST STANDARD |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | MACINTYRE RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 299 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Beck Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904, 1905, 1950 | |
| Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Black Dragon | Gold, Silver, Clay | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Black Jack | Silver, Iron, Manganese, Gold | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Boss Tweed Mine | Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Bullion - Beck Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1876, 1877, 1965 | |
| Carisa Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Carisa Workings | Silver, Copper, Gold, Cadmium, Zinc | Occurrence | 1875 | |
| Centennial Eureka | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Vanadium, Uranium, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dennis | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mammoth | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tintic Junction | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mammoth Junction | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Knightville | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| McIntyre | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Eureka | 5.1 miles | 17 |
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 Diamond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54953270 | 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 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.







