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Lampo Junction, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Howell-Snowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84307. The Survey maps it on the Lampo Junction quadrangle. It stands 4,314 feet above sea level.

Lampo Junction within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lampo Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,854 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGolden Spike National Historic SiteBIG FILL
4 September 2005Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN FIRE
4 September 2005Natural3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMARBLE HILLS
24 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestROCK CREEK 2
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 102 MP 1 & 2
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTHIOKOL PLANT 3
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeGOLDEN SPIKE
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPROMONTORY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Lampo Junction: 17 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Christensen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Christensen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02060Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02062Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Penrose6.5 miles11
Promontory (historical)6.7 miles9
Thatcher7.9 miles11
Bothwell10.4 miles11
Cedar Springs10.9 miles10
Howell11.1 miles9
Rozel12.3 miles10
Evans13.1 miles11

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 Q63229959The 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 1437614. 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.