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Florece, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84014. It stands on Parrish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bountiful Peak quadrangle.

Florece within Davis County

On record in Florece

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 24 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Florece between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,299 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural11
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLUCKY LYNN
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTELEPHONE POLE
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFARMINGTON FLAT
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
22 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Florece: 9 occurrences, 7 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Quartz. 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
Buckland Mining and Development ProspectCopper, Silver, IronOccurrenceVein
FoulgerQuartzOccurrence
Lucky LUraniumOccurrence
Morning Star Claims GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Upper Ward Canyon ProspectsCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Alvie's Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Parrish Heights0.2 miles24
Centerville0.2 miles25
Hillcrest0.2 miles25
Chandler0.2 miles25
Smith0.3 miles25
Orchard View0.3 miles25
L Marlene Villa0.3 miles24
Rockwood Estates0.4 miles25

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 Q122598296The 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 1453689. 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.