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East Basin, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Coalville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84098. It lies near Round Valley. The Survey maps it on the Park City East quadrangle.

East Basin within Summit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of East Basin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 776 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD RANCH
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSEMI SIDE
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRICHARDSON FLATE
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRANCH MORNING
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSACKET
30 September 2000Fireworks25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsABILITY CENTER FIRE
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTAR VIEW
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOUNTAIN MEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of East Basin: 30 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, 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
Garey Shaft and ProspectsSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Round Valley Ne QuarriesStone, Dimension, StoneProducer
Round Valley South ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Silver King Extension MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Silver King Extension Mine and ProspectsZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Spiro TunnelLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1889
Spiro TunnelGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Clegg AditSilver, Gold, LeadOccurrenceVein
Dority Spring ProspectsIron, ManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Dority Spring ProspectsIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit 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 Creek Junction0.7 miles26
Atkinson1.4 miles26
Kimball Junction2.9 miles26
Silver Springs3.2 miles26
Keetley Junction3.3 miles26
Snyderville3.5 miles26
Jeremy Ranch4.3 miles23
Gogorza4.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807120. 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.