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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | CANAL |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TOOELE |
| 23 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUPITER PEAK LIGHTENING |
| 20 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BATES |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUGGY |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | ROWBERRY |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Northwest Area | PIONEER ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) International Smeltershut Down | Gold, Silver, Copper | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Tooele Smelter Dump | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Plant | ||
| Bates Canyon Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Bingham West Dip Tunnel | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Carr Fork Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Platinum, Palladium | Past Producer | 1873 | |
| Hoogley | Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Middle Canyon Mines | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| National Tunnel and Mines | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| South Fork Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Spring Canyon Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Grove | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Tooele | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Erda | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stansbury park | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tad Park (historical) | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mills Junction | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Marshall | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Point | 8.0 miles | 16 |
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 Lincoln | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104866287 | 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 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.





