Goshute, Utah
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Juab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84034. It stands on Steves Creek. The Survey maps it on the Georgetta Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 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.
- 1908 USGS Fish Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1910 USGS Fish Springs quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Goshute quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fish Springs quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Georgetta Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Goshute between 1997 and 2018, burning about 306 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1999 | Natural | 60 acres | Ely District Office | BIA 2 |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SAMS |
| 9 July 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | EAST CREEK |
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 198 acres | Ely District Office | IBAPAH |
| 29 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | BIA 3 |
| 27 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | IBAPAH |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | UTE |
| 22 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | INDIAN RES |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Goshute: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston No. 2 Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Deep Creek Valley Occurrences | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | 1977 | |
| Evening Claim Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1887, 1915, 1917 | |
| Goshute Quartz Crystal | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Quartz Crystal Mine | Gemstone, Quartz, Beryllium | Past Producer | Beryl, Quartz | |
| Reality Adit | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1887 | |
| South Mountains Occurrences | Quartz, Limestone, General, Dolomite | Occurrence | 1980 | |
| Unknown | Gemstone | Producer | Aquamarine | |
| Victor Hugo To Mahogany No. 2 Claims | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Lucky Strike Mine | Silver | Occurrence | 1887 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callao | 15.5 miles | 17 | |
| Trout Creek | 15.8 miles | 18 | |
| Partoun | 17.1 miles | 18 | |
| Fish Springs | 32.0 miles | 19 | |
| Joy | 54.1 miles | 21 | |
| Champlin | 91.2 miles | 15 | |
| Jericho | 95.5 miles | 16 | |
| Knight | 95.7 miles | 16 |
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 Goshute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q59512836 | 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 1437569. 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.











