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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.

Dividend within Utah County

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

67 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use1
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 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution260 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWATERWELL
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTUNNEL RD. #2
23 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEUREKA S CURVE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHERD
18 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPINYON CREEK
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficePINYON C2
10 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDAGMAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 389 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Apex Standard MineSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1923
Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining CoSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bingham Mines Co? AditsLead, Cadmium, SilverOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Black DragonGold, Silver, ClayOccurrenceReplacement
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Boss Tweed MineCopper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProspectReplacement
Brooklyn and Wedgewood GroupManganese, Clay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Bullion Beck and ChampionSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Bullion-BeckGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1882

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
Homansville1.8 miles17
Hillside (historical)3.6 miles17
Elberta5.6 miles18
Lant7.7 miles18
Goshen8.5 miles18
Genola11.9 miles19
Townsend12.6 miles19
Mosida13.1 miles21

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 DividendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28208948The 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.