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Knightville, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84628. It lies near Gardner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. It stands 6,742 feet above sea level.

Knightville within Juab County

On record in Knightville

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Knightville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,026 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 4 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution260 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWATERWELL
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
23 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEUREKA S CURVE
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION TREE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHERD
18 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPINYON CREEK
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficePINYON C2
10 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDAGMAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 414 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 414 workings within 5 miles of Knightville: 211 past producers, 169 occurrences, 17 producers, 16 prospects. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Apex Standard MineSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1923
Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining CoSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bingham Mines Co? AditsLead, Cadmium, SilverOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Black DragonGold, Silver, ClayOccurrenceReplacement
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Boss Tweed MineCopper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProspectReplacement
Brooklyn and Wedgewood GroupManganese, Clay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Bullion Beck and ChampionSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Bullion-BeckGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1882

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
Eureka1.0 miles17
Mammoth2.3 miles16
Mammoth Junction2.8 miles16
Silver City3.4 miles16
Tintic Junction3.7 miles16
Diamond5.0 miles17
Knight5.1 miles16
Dennis8.4 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.

Wikipedia article on KnightvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6422575The 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 1437606. 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.