Dividend, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Goshen census division. It lies near Mineral Hill. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. It stands 5,935 feet above sea level.
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
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Dividend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,004 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 3 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 260 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | WATERWELL |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREAT EASTERN |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TUNNEL RD. #2 |
| 23 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EUREKA S CURVE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HERD |
| 18 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PINYON CREEK |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | PINYON C2 |
| 10 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | DAGMAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 389 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 389 workings within 5 miles of Dividend: 200 past producers, 154 occurrences, 20 producers, 14 prospects. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron. 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 | ||
| Apex Standard Mine | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Bingham Mines Co? Adits | Lead, Cadmium, Silver | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| 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 | |
| Brooklyn and Wedgewood Group | Manganese, Clay, Iron | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Bullion Beck and Champion | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Bullion-Beck | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1882 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homansville | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Elberta | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lant | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Goshen | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Genola | 11.9 miles | 19 | |
| Townsend | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mosida | 13.1 miles | 21 |
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 Dividend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28208948 | 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 1427422. 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.







