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Lofgreen, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. It stands on Dog Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lofgreen quadrangle.

Lofgreen within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Lofgreen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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 1997Natural1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeUNION
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSABIE
27 September 2008Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeBLACKROCK
27 September 2008Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMILE MARKER 13
17 September 2008Natural2.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOLTER
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST BENMORE
12 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeLOFGREEN
12 September 2010Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLOFGREN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lofgreen: 18 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Manganese, 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
Black Rock-Barlow ProspectCalciumOccurrenceVein
International GroupLeadProducer
Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Miners Canyon West ProspectsClay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
New Bulhon MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1887, 1897
New EclipseLead, SilverProducer
Barlow Canyon West ProspectsIronOccurrence
Mill Canyon West ProspectsIronOccurrenceVein
Unknown ProspectManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Unknown ProspectManganeseUnknown

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
Pehrson6.3 miles17
Vernon8.0 miles17
Topliff10.5 miles19
Faust11.9 miles16
Center16.3 miles22
West Mercur20.1 miles23
Mercur (historical)21.1 miles21
Clover23.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442837. 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.