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Latuda, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near Robinson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Standardville quadrangle.

Latuda within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

1 photograph,

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.

Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Latuda between 1992 and 2019, burning about 347 acres in total. 50 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
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Natural2.6 acresMoab Field OfficeHARDSCRABBLE
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficePEERLESS
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresMoab Field OfficeTRAIN 1
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBULL POINT
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeOAK SPRINGS
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeROAD TRIP
8 August 2012Natural88 acresMoab Field OfficeROYAL CASTLE
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Latuda: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Standardville0.7 miles18
Storrs1.4 miles18
Peerless2.0 miles18
Wildcat3.9 miles18
Martin4.1 miles20
Heiner4.2 miles20
Castle Gate (historical)4.5 miles20
Coal City4.5 miles20

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 LatudaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122598067The 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 1437619. 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.