Kimball Junction, Utah
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Park City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84098. It stands on Kimball Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park City West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Park City West quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Park City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Kimball Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RANCH |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JEREMY I80 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RANCH MORNING |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SACKET |
| 30 September 2000 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ABILITY CENTER FIRE |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STAR VIEW |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 40-4 |
| 13 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SLIVER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Kimball Junction: 22 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Valley South Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite | |
| Round Valley South Prospect | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Spiro Tunnel | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Spiro Tunnel | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Park City Cemetery Prospects | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Round Valley Ne Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Round Valley Ne Quarries | Stone, Dimension, Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown Prospects | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarries | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit In Twn 2s Rng 3e Sec 13 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Springs | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Jeremy Ranch | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Snyderville | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Gogorza | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Creek Junction | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| East Basin | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Atkinson | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Summit Park | 3.8 miles | 26 |
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 Kimball Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122540078 | 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 1442320. 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.








