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Gypsum Mill, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84648. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nephi quadrangle.

Gypsum Mill within Juab County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

142 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Gypsum Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 28,743 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined45
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSR 28 MM 37
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWILLOW CR.
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILKES
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLF COURSE
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,681 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBIRCH
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHOWARD
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral AreaGROTTO SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gypsum Mill: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Rowleys Mine & QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Nephi Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Nephi Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12008Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. No. 12034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit # 12010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit #12008Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Juab 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
Nephi1.7 miles21
Mona7.6 miles19
Sharp7.6 miles19
Levan11.1 miles20
Starr11.1 miles19
Rocky Ridge14.7 miles19
Juab15.2 miles19
Dennis17.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122590848The 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 1441538. 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.