Frisco, Utah
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies near Grampian Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Frisco quadrangle. It stands 6,421 feet above sea level.
On record in Frisco
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Frisco Charcoal Kilnslisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
5 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Frisco between 1992 and 2012, burning about 136 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | TILA |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONE TREE |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | FRISCO PK |
| 17 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SQUAW SPRING |
| 13 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PACMAN |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | SQUAWPEAK |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Cedar City Field Office | SQUAWSPRG |
| 8 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | FRISCO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Frisco: 32 past producers, 18 occurrences, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Copper, Lead, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Producer | 1870, 1892 | |
| Cactus Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Cactus Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Cactus Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cupric Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Malachite, Scheelite | |
| Frisco Silver and Lead | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Producer | ||
| Frisco Summit Shaft | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Frisco Summit Shaft | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Horn Silver Horn | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Horn Silver Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Producer | Cerargyrite, Plumbojarosite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newhouse | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Blueacre | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Shauntie | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Shenendoah City | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Upton | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Milford | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Yellow Banks | 14.5 miles | 17 | |
| Murdock | 14.9 miles | 13 |
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 Frisco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1465047 | 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 1437563. 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.




