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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | UNION |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SABIE |
| 27 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | BLACKROCK |
| 27 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MILE MARKER 13 |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOLTER |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | EAST BENMORE |
| 12 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | LOFGREEN |
| 12 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LOFGREN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock-Barlow Prospect | Calcium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| International Group | Lead | Producer | ||
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Miners Canyon West Prospects | Clay, Iron | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| New Bulhon Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1887, 1897 | |
| New Eclipse | Lead, Silver | Producer | ||
| Barlow Canyon West Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mill Canyon West Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Unknown Prospect | Manganese | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pehrson | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Vernon | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Topliff | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Faust | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Center | 16.3 miles | 22 | |
| West Mercur | 20.1 miles | 23 | |
| Mercur (historical) | 21.1 miles | 21 | |
| Clover | 23.0 miles | 22 |
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.






