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Interlaken, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Heber City West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84049. It lies near Donkey Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Heber City quadrangle. 179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,919 feet above sea level.

Interlaken within Wasatch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Interlaken between 1992 and 2020, burning about 749 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use19
Fireworks13
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Other causes1

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEAT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHEBER ASSIST 2
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSMITH FIRE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONANZA-CLOUD RIM
4 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRIGHTON ESTATES
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMIDWAY 6TH SO.
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE SPOT
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyBWALLOW1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasatch County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Interlaken: 14 past producers, 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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
Big and Little Cottonwood DistrictsSilver, Lead, Cobalt, Gold, ZincPast Producer1864
Cottonwood Canyon Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Daly WestLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverProducerGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Flagstaff MineLead, Silver, Barium-BaritePast Producer1871, 1881
Flagstaff MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Glencoe MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Keystone MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldProducerVein
Lucky Bill ShaftLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1875, 1885, 1895
Lucky Bill ShaftGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Midway Hot PotGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Wasatch 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
Mountain Spa1.2 miles26
Mound City1.5 miles26
Midway2.0 miles26
Heber City4.0 miles26
Jordanelle4.4 miles26
Charleston5.2 miles21
Cranmer5.4 miles26
Hailstone5.7 miles26

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 InterlakenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30626276The 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 2783908. 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.