Low, Utah
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Low quadrangle. It stands 4,600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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
- 1973 USGS Low quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Low between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,162 acres in total. 27 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/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | JACKSON 2 |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 178 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | JACKSON |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | LOW |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HASTINGS |
| 28 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.6 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | LAKESIDE 63 |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 297 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TOWER |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | GUARD RAIL 3 |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | GUARD RAIL 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Low: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aragonite Quarry North | Limestone, General | Producer | Vein | |
| Hastings Pass Nw Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Se Aragonite Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Vein | |
| So Aragonite Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hastings Pass Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23085 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept. Highways Gravel Pit 23085 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. Highways Gravel Pit#23083 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit #23079 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. Hwys. Borrow Pit #23084 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Low in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Hail | Low | - | Golf ball-sized hail was observed and photographed along Interstate 80 near Aragonite. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Low | - | A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the I-80 at Grassey, UT sensor. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Low | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Salt Flats sensor in the Dugway Proving Ground mesonet. |
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.
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 Low | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711791 | 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 1437626. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




