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Lakota, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Garden City-Laketown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84028. It stands on Swan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle.

Lakota within Rich County

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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lakota between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7 acres in total. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCAMPER WORLD
2 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCRAB RIDGE
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFISH HAVEN
6 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHODGES CANYON
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictFISH HAVEN 20
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFISH HAVEN #19
3 August 2001Other causes1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestBEAR LAKE WEST
18 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSWAN FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rich County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lakota: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, 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
Johnson Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Victoria No 1 ProspectLead, Copper, Barium-BariteProspectVein

Every working recorded in Rich 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
Garden City2.8 miles16
Pickelville (historical)5.2 miles16
Old Limber Pine5.7 miles16
Garden6.8 miles16
Meadowville9.8 miles13
Laketown12.0 miles13
Sage Creek Junction21.2 miles13
Randolph25.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437613. 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.