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Ironton, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Provo-Orem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84606. It lies near Buckley Draw. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle.

Ironton within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

Photographs

8 of 10 photographs shown, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Pouring a heat of iron
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Pouring a heat of iron
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Discharging coke oven
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Discharging coke oven
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Discharging coke oven
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Discharging coke oven
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Utah County

Fires near this place

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Ironton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,115 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined42
Natural35
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning11
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1996Arson/incendiarism40 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestY-MOUNTAIN #2
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMER FIRE
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMEL PASS
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
25 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPRING CREEK
24 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestROCK CYN TRAILHEAD
21 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBARTHOLOMEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Ironton: 20 past producers, 14 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Iron. 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
(Facility) Ironton Smelter DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPlantSurface
Buckley MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1902, 1917
Ironton AditManganese, IronOccurrenceVein
Lower Slate Canyon QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
MonarchSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Monarch MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Provo Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducer
Ironton North QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Ironton South QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Three Sister Lime Quarry and LilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironton in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Flash FloodIronton$500,000A debris flow out of the Buckley Draw burn scar brought flash flooding to several homes, a church, and closed down portions of Nevada Avenue and Slate Canyon Drive.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindIronton-A wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the I-15 at Provo mesonet station.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindIronton-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the I-15 @ Provo mesonet site.

Every storm recorded in Utah 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
Springville2.3 miles22
Provo3.2 miles22
Pleasant View4.7 miles24
Mapleton5.2 miles22
Palmyra5.9 miles22
Spanish Fork6.1 miles21
Edgemont6.3 miles24
Lakeview6.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442060. 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.