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Littleton, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Morgan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It stands on East Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgan quadrangle. It stands 5,049 feet above sea level.

Littleton within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Littleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Debris and open burning61
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST YOUNG
9 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONGWIRE FIRE
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMO FIRE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLRACE FIRE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKS DON'T SLEEP
4 September 2005Natural12 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWIDOWMAKER FIRE
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOUNTAIN GREEN
3 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsINDUSTRIAL ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Littleton: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Red Eagle and Morgan ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Unknown ClaimIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Unknown ClaimIronPast Producer
Gravel Pit In Twn 4n Rng 2e Sec 26Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 15034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 15012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSurface
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit 15007Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit 15019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 15007Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Milton1.6 miles13
Stoddard2.0 miles13
Morgan2.2 miles13
Richville2.6 miles13
Como Springs3.3 miles13
Enterprise4.3 miles13
Porterville4.5 miles23
Peterson6.0 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q96742475The 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 1429834. 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.