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Kelton, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. The Survey maps it on the Crocodile Mountain NE quadrangle. It stands 4,229 feet above sea level.

Kelton within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kelton between 1994 and 2017, burning about 7,207 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 August 2006Natural395 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeTABLE
24 August 2017Natural4,187 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeKELTON
23 August 2017Natural2,549 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHAW SPRINGS
18 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRANSFORMER/COLDWATER
8 July 2011Natural10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRAIL ROAD SPRINGS
30 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKELTON POLE
3 July 2006Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeKELTON CEMETARY
29 July 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRANSFORMER/OLSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kelton: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Black Butte Vitric TuffVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Black Butte Vitric TuffPumiceOccurrence
Bar F GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Bar F GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Butte BentoniteBentoniteOccurrenceSurface
Black Rock BentoniteBentoniteOccurrence
Natural Arch BentoniteBentonitePast ProducerSurface
Natural Arch BentoniteBentonitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelton in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKelton-The Locomotive Springs sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKelton-The Locomotive Springs sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKelton-Peak recorded wind gusts from this thunderstorm included 61 mph at Chaulk Hill and 60 mph at Locomotive Springs.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKelton-The Locomotive Springs sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindKelton-The Locomotive Springs sensor recorded a wind gust of 62 mph.
September 2002Funnel CloudKelton-Public reports to media outlets indicated about 4 funnel clouds from a thunderstorm at the north end of the Great Salt Lake.

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Hardup10.6 miles11
Park Valley12.8 miles12
Cedar Creek15.3 miles11
Curlew Junction15.3 miles11
Rosette17.0 miles13
Matlin18.6 miles10
Standrod23.8 miles13
Snowville25.9 miles10

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 KeltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6386588The 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 1437603. 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.