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Greenwich, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Circleville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84732. The Survey maps it on the Greenwich quadrangle. It stands 6,854 feet above sea level.

Greenwich within Piute County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich between 1993 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 1 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
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeJACKIE
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestEAST LANGDON
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMERRILL'S POND
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestINDIAN FLAT
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestOTTER RIDGE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestGINGER
19 August 2001Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeGREENWHICH
19 August 1995Debris and open burning8.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeGREENWICH

Every fire recorded in Piute County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Carole Ann 1 - 24 , Greenwich 1 - 4Kaolin, AluminumOccurrenceReplacement
Carole Ann 1 Thru 24KaolinPast Producer
Interstate Brick Clay PitKaolinPast ProducerReplacement
Interstate Brick Clay PitKaolinPast Producer
UnknownKaolinOccurrenceReplacement
UnknownKaolinPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 16026Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 16027Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 16028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 16029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Piute 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
Angle12.9 miles17
Thompsonville15.6 miles20
Marysvale16.3 miles20
Alunite17.5 miles20
Hoovers18.4 miles19
Pittsburg18.5 miles19
Junction20.6 miles16
Kingston20.8 miles16

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 GreenwichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5604820The 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 1437572. 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.