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Lincoln, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84074. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tooele quadrangle. It stands 4,912 feet above sea level.

Lincoln within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,679 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined58
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaCANAL
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
23 September 2014Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTOOELE
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUPITER PEAK LIGHTENING
20 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBATES
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUGGY
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaROWBERRY
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNorthwest AreaPIONEER ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln: 30 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Iron. 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
(Facility) International Smeltershut DownGold, Silver, CopperPlant
(Facility) Tooele Smelter DumpLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPlant
Bates Canyon MineLead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bingham West Dip TunnelCopper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, IronOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Carr Fork MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Platinum, PalladiumPast Producer1873
HoogleySilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Middle Canyon MinesZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
National Tunnel and MinesCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
South Fork MineLead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Spring Canyon MineLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Angels Grove3.0 miles17
Tooele3.2 miles17
Erda4.2 miles17
Stansbury park5.4 miles16
Tad Park (historical)6.3 miles22
Mills Junction6.4 miles16
Marshall7.7 miles15
Lake Point8.0 miles16

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 LincolnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104866287The 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 1429640. 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.