BlockGarfield Junction, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Magna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84044. The Survey maps it on the Farnsworth Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Farnsworth Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Garfield Junction between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,174 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 102 W I-80 |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.6 acres | Northwest Area | PHEASANT |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THE RAILROAD |
| 3 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,117 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | GREEN RAVINE |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | QUINTON |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROKEN ARROW |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FENCE LINE |
| 18 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CHEVRON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Garfield Junction: 14 past producers, 8 producers, 3 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Garfield Copper Refinery | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Garfield Copper Smelter | Copper, Silver, Gold | Plant | ||
| Bonneville Concentrator | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Producer | ||
| Lake Point Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Iron, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Magna Concentrator | Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Salt Lake Sodium Products Co. | Sodium | Past Producer | ||
| Saltair Pit | Salt | Producer | ||
| Black Rock Canyon Quarry | Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Farnsworth Peak Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1825, 1981 | |
| Garfield Phosphate Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
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.
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 Q122568378 | 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 1437566. 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.