BlockLark, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84096. It lies near Keystone Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Copperton quadrangle. It stands 5,541 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Lark quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Copperton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Lark (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 912 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HERRIMAN |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 acres | Northwest Area | HI COUNTRY |
| 14 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HORSE |
| 30 August 2006 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HIGH COUNTRY |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHAGGY MOUNTAIN |
| 25 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | SHAGGY |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HERRIMAN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROSE CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 186 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 186 workings within 5 miles of Lark (historical): 122 past producers, 36 occurrences, 17 prospects, 9 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albino | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Apex-Delaware Group Mines | Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite | |
| Bazouk | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Bingham Canyon | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Plant | 1887, 1904, 2009 | |
| Bingham District | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Platinum, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Nickel, Selenium, Palladium | Producer | 1873, 2009 | |
| Bingham Group | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bingham Open Pit Mine | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Platinum, Bismuth, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, Palladium | Producer | 1863, 1868 | |
| Butterfield Nw Mines | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, Arsenic | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Carr Fork Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Platinum, Palladium | Past Producer | 1873 | |
| Castro Gulch Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lark (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6489541 | The 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 1437617. 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.