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Gold Hill, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies near Lucy L Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. It stands 5,299 feet above sea level.

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Gold Hill within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gold Hill between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1,773 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeGOLD HILL
15 August 2019Debris and open burning5.6 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLD HILL
3 July 2005Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficePINYONFLAT
2 July 2005Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeGOLD HILL
12 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeUTS #10
28 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBUSBY
17 June 2006Recreation and ceremony1,763 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDUTCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 209 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 209 workings within 5 miles of Gold Hill: 107 occurrences, 74 past producers, 19 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Copper. 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
Andalusite Hornfels AreaKyaniteOccurrenceCONTACT-METAMORPHIC
AraratSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldProducer
Bird MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicPast ProducerAnglesite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Bird MineArsenic, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast ProducerUnderground
Boston ProspectIron, Lead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Cane Springs MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite
Cane Springs MineGold, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
Cash Boy MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Centennial-Enterprise MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Scheelite
Christmas Mining CoSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

57 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gold Hill in 57 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 57 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Callao mesonet site.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Clifton Flat mesonet site.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 87 mph was recorded at the Causeway mesonet site.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded at the Callao mesonet site.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the Causeway mesonet site.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at the Causeway mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CLIFTON FLAT mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 61 mph at 6:15 pm MST, a second strong gust of 61 mph at 6:20 pm MST, and a final lesser gust of 58 mph at 6:25 pm MST. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CAUSEWAY mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of convective showers moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The CALLAO mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Callao mesonet station measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 3:50 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Causeway mesonet station measured a wind gust of 72 mph at 1:55 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway weather station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A microburst resulted in a wind gust of 68 mph being measured at the Causeway mesonet station.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Causeway station recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Clifton Flat sensor recorded a peak gust of 64 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-Many sensors in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded strong winds from a thunderstorm, including 73 mph at Causeway, 63 mph at Upper Cedar Mountain, 62 mph at the APG sensor, 61 mph at Playa Station and V-Grid, 60 mph at the Salt Flats sensor, and 58 mph at Wig Mountain.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao sensor in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao sensor in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Causeway sensor in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-Peak recorded wind gusts in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet included 67 mph at the Causeway sensor and 58 mph at the Callao sensor.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 62 mph wind gust was measured at the Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 69 mph wind gust was recorded at the Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A thunderstorm produced strong winds across the western portions of the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet, with peak recorded wind gusts in this area of 71 mph at Causeway, 68 mph at the Salt Flats sensor, 64 mph at Juliet Road, and several other recorded wind gusts of 58 to 61 mph.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Callao sensor in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet reported a wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Clifton Flat RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 66 mph.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A peak wind gust of 64 mph was recorded at the West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 67 mph.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-Peak recorded wind gusts in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet included 72 mph at Callao, 61 mph at West Salt Flats, and 59 mph at Interstate 80.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground's mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground's mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 62 mph wind gust was recorded at the West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flat sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a wind gust of 75 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A few different sensors just east of Wendover recorded strong wind gusts, including 64 mph at the UDOT I-80 at Milepost 29 sensor, 60 mph at the West Salt Flats sensor, and 59 mph at the North Salt Flats sensor.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Causeway sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor recorded a wind gust of 67 mph, and 20 minutes later the North Salt Flats sensor recorded a gust of 62 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The West Salt Flats sensor reported a maximum wind gust of 64 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Clifton Flat sensor recorded a wind gust of 58 mph, followed by a 60 mph wind gust at the North Salt Flats sensor.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-A 63 mph wind gust was recorded by the West Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway mesonet.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGold Hill-The Callao mesonet site measured a 67 mph wind gust.

Every storm 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
Clifton4.3 miles15
Ibapah12.1 miles16
Salduro39.3 miles8
Silsbee39.6 miles8
Blair40.2 miles8
Wendover40.9 miles9
Barro42.7 miles8
Knolls47.9 miles8

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 Gold HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5578754The 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 1428231. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.