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Keetley, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Wasatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84032. It stands on Ross Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park City East quadrangle.

Keetley within Wasatch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Photographs

8 of 12 photographs shown,

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.

Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Storage Sheds, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Storage Sheds, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Garage, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Garage, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tipple-Ore Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tipple-Ore Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Sawmill-Carpenter Shop, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Sawmill-Carpenter Shop, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Henry Cluff Ranch, Ranch House, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Henry Cluff Ranch, Ranch House, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Residential Area, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Residential Area, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tailing Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tailing Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Wasatch County

Fires near this place

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Keetley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRICHARDSON FLATE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER VALLEY
30 September 2000Fireworks25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsABILITY CENTER FIRE
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands40-4
14 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHOOTING RANGE
9 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsS SPRING HOLLOW RD LTNING
31 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFLAMING POLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasatch County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 115 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 115 workings within 5 miles of Keetley: 73 past producers, 21 occurrences, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Gold, 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
Alliance TunnelSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1889, 1893
American Flag ShaftSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, IronPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
American Flag ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, IronPast Producer
American Flag Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
Anchor Tunnel ProtalGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Constellation ShaftGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Constellation Shaft and ProspectsLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Cottonwood Canyon Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Daly Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1885, 1886, 1955
East UtahLead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Wasatch County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keetley in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKeetley-The SR-248 mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindKeetley-The State Route 248 sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindKeetley-A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Utah Department of Transportation State Route-248 sensor.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindKeetley-The SR-248 sensor recorded a wind gust of 59 mph.

Every storm 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
Hideout0.3 miles26
Hailstone1.9 miles26
Cranmer1.9 miles26
Jordanelle2.9 miles26
Interlaken7.2 miles26
Mountain Spa8.1 miles26
Mound City8.6 miles26
Heber City8.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437600. 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.