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Greenwood, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84636. The Survey maps it on the Holden quadrangle.

Greenwood within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,394 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined20
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeSOLAR
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHOLDEN DUMP
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeHOLDEN OVERPASS
29 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral AreaFLOW
25 September 1999Debris and open burning500 acresRichfield Field OfficeCONDI
8 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROKEN WHEEL
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresRichfield Field OfficeKESTLER RANCH
4 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsELLISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 18 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bald Knoll Ne Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Bald Knoll Ne Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cedar Mtn Nw Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Cedar Mtn Nw Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Church Spring Ditch Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Church Spring Ditch Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Church Spring Wash Gravel Pit No.26Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Church Spring Wosh Gravel Pit No. 26Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Greenwood Gravel Pit No. 9Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartzite
Greenwood Gravel Pit No.9Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Millard 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
Holden4.6 miles16
McCornick7.1 miles15
Flowell10.7 miles15
Fillmore10.7 miles17
Harding12.9 miles16
Maple Grove15.6 miles14
Scipio15.7 miles15
Meadow16.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437573. 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.