Ibapah, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84034. It stands on East Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ibapah quadrangle. It stands 5,282 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1925 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Ibapah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Wildcat Mountain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Ibapah between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,022 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HAYSTACK |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | GOSHUTE |
| 15 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | TAILOR |
| 8 July 1997 | Natural | 290 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | IBAPAH |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | IBAPAH |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 80 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | IBAPAH |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | COMMODORE |
| 31 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | EAST CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ibapah: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Manganese, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Claims | Silver, Manganese, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Dewey Mine | Silver, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Udoh Pit No. 23158 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit 23154 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit 23156 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit 23157 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Dolomite, Limestone, Quartzite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ibapah in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Hail | Ibapah | - | Quarter-sized hail damaged vehicles in Ibapah. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Ibapah | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in Ibapah and Goshen. |
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.
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 Ibapah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5983688 | 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 1437592. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





