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Laho, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. The Survey maps it on the Milford Flat quadrangle.

Laho within Beaver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Laho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,026 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
25 September 2005Smoking35 acresCedar City Field OfficeSHAWNEE
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWHITE MOUNTAIN
24 August 2006Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCROWN
24 August 2006Natural38 acresCedar City Field OfficeFLAT 4
12 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresCedar City Field OfficePIG
9 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCINDY
8 July 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTHERMO
29 July 2006Natural867 acresCedar City Field OfficeFLATS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Laho: 33 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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 Bart ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, IronOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Black Bart ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, CopperOccurrence1972, 1973
Magnolia MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Magnolia MineZinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Magnolia MineZinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerUnderground
Mammoth Lode MineZinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerJarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Mammoth Lode MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Progressive MineLead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper
St. Mary MineLead, Copper, Silver, BismuthPast ProducerUnderground
Surprise GroupUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Beaver 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
Cook Corner4.2 miles10
Thermo4.6 miles9
Upton4.8 miles10
Shauntie5.9 miles9
Shenendoah City6.1 miles9
Milford10.7 miles11
Minersville10.8 miles17
Yellow Banks12.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437610. 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.