BlockBefore

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.

Frisco within Beaver County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

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.

Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Smelter, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Smelter, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 4, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 4, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 3, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 3, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 2, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 2, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2008Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeTILA
4 August 2008Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONE TREE
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeFRISCO PK
17 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSQUAW SPRING
13 August 2009Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePACMAN
1 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSQUAWPEAK
1 August 1996Natural25 acresCedar City Field OfficeSQUAWSPRG
8 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeFRISCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CactusSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperProducer1870, 1892
Cactus MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1870
Cactus MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, GoldOccurrenceArgentite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Cactus MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Cupric MineTungsten, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerMalachite, Scheelite
Frisco Silver and LeadSilver, Zinc, Gold, LeadProducer
Frisco Summit ShaftLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Frisco Summit ShaftZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Horn Silver HornZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1875
Horn Silver MineLead, Zinc, SilverProducerCerargyrite, Plumbojarosite

Every working recorded in Beaver 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
Newhouse4.7 miles11
Blueacre7.0 miles9
Shauntie9.3 miles9
Shenendoah City9.7 miles9
Upton13.7 miles10
Milford13.8 miles11
Yellow Banks14.5 miles17
Murdock14.9 miles13

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 FriscoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1465047The 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.