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Lampton, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84095. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midvale quadrangle.

Lampton within Salt Lake County

On record in Lampton

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

10 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Lampton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTONYA
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRESERVE
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSIENNA
31 August 2020Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBINGHAM ASSIST
3 August 2016Fireworks35 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCORNER CANYON
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBEAR
18 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use150 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBELL CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Lampton: 9 past producers, 9 producers, 5 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic. 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
Midvale Minerals CoLead, Zinc, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer
Subsurface BrinesBromineProducer1914, 1917
Beehive Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Unidentifie OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Salt Lake 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
Crescent0.8 miles24
South Jordan1.5 miles24
Endot2.0 miles24
White City2.0 miles25
Riverton Siding2.2 miles24
Sandy City2.4 miles24
Draper3.1 miles25
Riverton3.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437615. 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.