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Knight, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. The Survey maps it on the Tintic Junction quadrangle. It stands 5,955 feet above sea level.

Knight within Juab County

On record in Knight

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Knight between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,175 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION TREE
17 September 2008Natural2.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOLTER
16 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBOULTER
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,438 acresRichfield Field OfficeDEATHCREEK
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeROUGH
10 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDAGMAR
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresRichfield Field OfficeLONESOME PINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 208 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 208 workings within 5 miles of Knight: 109 past producers, 86 occurrences, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Lead, 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
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Black Jack TunnelSilver, Copper, LeadOccurrence1885
Brooklyn and Wedgewood GroupManganese, Clay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Bullion - Beck MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer1876, 1877, 1965
Bullion Beck and ChampionSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Bullion-BeckGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1882
Bullionbeck MineLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducer
Centennial EurekaCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Vanadium, Uranium, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Centennial Eureka MineSilver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, GoldPast Producer1870, 1875, 1955

Every working recorded in Juab 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
Tintic Junction2.2 miles16
Mammoth Junction2.6 miles16
Mammoth3.9 miles16
Eureka4.1 miles17
Silver City4.2 miles16
Knightville5.1 miles17
Diamond6.7 miles17
McIntyre7.6 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q61643475The 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 1437605. 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.