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Dolomite, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. It lies near Timpie Valley. The Survey maps it on the Flux quadrangle.

Dolomite within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Dolomite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,506 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 2 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
Natural60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Firearms and explosives use17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use15 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNT SPRINGS
6 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBURNTSPRNG
5 September 2019Natural27 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROAD
4 September 2011Firearms and explosives use6.8 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeTIMPIE
30 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSADDLE RD.
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaULTRALIGHT
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeWIRE
23 September 1992Natural30 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeTEDDY BEAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Dolomite: 34 past producers, 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Mercury, Zinc. 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
Golden GlebeLead, ZincProducerReplacement
Last Chance DepositLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
Last Chance MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Lead Ore MineIron, Lead, Silver, GoldProducerVein
Monte Carlo MineZinc, Lead, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
Solar Salt PitSaltProducer
Sunny South Claim ProspectGoldOccurrenceUnderground
Utah Lime and StoneDolomiteProducer
Utah Lime and Stone Co. QuarriesLimestone, General, DolomiteProducerSedimentary
Flux and South Flux QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

12 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dolomite in 12 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 12 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 WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie 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.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station recorded wind gusts of 58 mph at 8:10 pm MST and 8:20 pm MST as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 68 mph as a result of a convective section of a cold frontal boundary advancing through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindDolomite-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the I-80 at MP 79 mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The Utah Department of Transportation I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station measured a wind gust of 58 mph at 4:00 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDolomite-A peak wind gust of 66 mph was recorded by the I-80 at MP 79 Timpie mesonet station.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDolomite-A peak wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by the I-80 at MP 79 Timpie sensor.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The I-80 at MP 79 Timpie sensor recorded a peak gust gust of 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDolomite-A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Portable RWIS #5 mesonet site.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDolomite-The Portable RWIS 5 sensor, located northeast of Lakeside along Interstate 80, recorded a maximum wind gust of 64 mph.

Every storm recorded in Tooele 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
Flux1.8 miles16
Timpie5.3 miles16
Burmester6.6 miles15
Grantsville9.1 miles15
Delle11.4 miles14
Marshall11.8 miles15
Iosepa (historical)14.4 miles17
Stansbury park15.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1435438. 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.