Elberta, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Goshen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84626. It stands on Kimball Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Santaquin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Elberta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,153 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TUNNEL RD. #2 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TOM SAWYER |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HERRING |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CORRAL |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 13 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WELDING |
| 11 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 784 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | ALCORN |
| 11 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Elberta: 15 occurrences, 8 past producers, 7 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Shaft | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | 1915 | |
| Burgin Concentrator (Facility) | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Selenium, Limestone, Dimension, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Burgin Kennecott Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Cadmium, Manganese | Producer | 1956, 1965 | |
| Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1956, 1965, 1978 | |
| Drill Holes North of Burgin | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1978 | |
| Mercur Mining District | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Antimony | Past Producer | 1870, 1892 | |
| New Burgin Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1958, 1963 | |
| Unknown | Aluminum | Producer | Alunite | |
| Burriston Claim | Clay | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Burriston Claim | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elberta in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elberta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lant | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Goshen | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dividend | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Genola | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Homansville | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Townsend | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Keigley | 8.6 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49357182 | 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 1427772. 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.







