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Faust, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Faust quadrangle. It stands 5,256 feet above sea level.

Faust 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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Faust between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,441 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTWO SPRINGS
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeFAUSTCRK
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeFAUST
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeAQUEDUCT
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism228 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeMONUMENT
28 August 1997Natural10 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON HIL
24 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeRAILROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Faust: 21 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Clay, Volcanic Materials, Clay. 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
Barrow PitVolcanic Materials, ClayPast ProducerSurface
Tooele QuarryPumiceOccurrencePumice
Unknown ProspectVolcanic Materials, ClayOccurrenceClay
Unknown ProspectsVolcanic Materials, ClayOccurrenceSurface
Barrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working 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
Center4.6 miles22
Pehrson5.6 miles17
Vernon6.7 miles17
Topliff9.7 miles19
West Mercur10.8 miles23
Clover11.2 miles22
Lofgreen11.9 miles17
Saint John12.2 miles22

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 FaustAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5438263The 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 1437559. 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.