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Hill Top, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84629. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle. It stands 6,444 feet above sea level.

Hill Top within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Hill Top between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,072 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
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
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLACKHAWK
17 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIGLER
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsINDIAN RIDGE
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROBERT OLSEN
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCentral AreaSTONE BRIDGE
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,861 acresRichfield Field OfficeHILL TOP
5 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHIDEAWAY DUECE
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresRichfield Field OfficeINDIAN RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete 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 Hill Top: 10 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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
Milburn Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSurface
Milburn Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snail Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Snail Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tidwell Springs Se Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Chert, Quartzite, Sandstone, Shale
Utah Dept Highways Pit No.20003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit No. 20001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Milburn2.5 miles16
Oak Creek3.4 miles16
Indianola6.2 miles18
Fairview6.3 miles16
Fountain Green10.5 miles18
Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area10.6 miles17
Mount Pleasant11.6 miles16
Jerusalem14.4 miles19

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 Q112732950The 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 1441772. 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.