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Lant, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Goshen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84633. It stands on Currant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.

Lant within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

8 of 11 photographs shown, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Footings for open hearth furnaces for a new steel plant under construction which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Footings for open hearth furnaces for a new steel plant under construction which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes building material for a new steel mill under construction
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes building material for a new steel mill under construction
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Utah County

Fires near this place

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Lant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,319 acres in total. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Natural20
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Firearms and explosives use4
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2019Natural4.1 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARM SPRINGS
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTUNNEL RD. #2
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTOM SAWYER
22 September 2010Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHERRING
17 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCORRAL
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN
13 September 2020Firearms and explosives use372 acresNorthwest AreaGOSHEN
13 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELDING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Lant: 13 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Lead, Zinc. 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
Chaffin QuarryDolomite, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Burriston ClaimClayOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Burriston ClaimClayPast Producer
Eldorado Nos. 1 and 2Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
Goshen Peak Se MineFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerSurface
UnknownFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Utah StarterLead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Black Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Currant Creek Gravel Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Goshen1.0 miles18
Elberta2.3 miles18
Genola4.5 miles19
Hillside (historical)4.7 miles17
Townsend5.1 miles19
Keigley6.4 miles20
Santaquin7.0 miles19
Dividend7.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437616. 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.