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Lynn, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84329. It stands on Basin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lynn Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 5,945 feet above sea level.

Lynn within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 1996 and 2019, burning about 4,113 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
14 September 2017Natural30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLYNN
8 August 2013Natural196 acresSawtooth National ForestCEDAR HILL
5 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLD STAR ROCK
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeLYNN
29 August 2002Natural1,328 acresSawtooth National ForestBUCK HOLLOW
23 August 2005Natural75 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLYNN
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeUSFS #3
2 August 1996Natural1,775 acresSawtooth National ForestLYNN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lynn: 13 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tom Sherry MinesLead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceSilver
Dove Creek Pass FlagstoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dove Creek Pass QuartziteStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Basin Creek Gorge QuarryStonePast Producer
Little CreekStonePast Producer
Lynn PassStonePast Producer
Star StoneStoneProducer
Cotton Thomas Junction GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone
Cotton Thomas Junction GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Junction ValleySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Yost12.3 miles12
Grouse Creek13.5 miles11
Etna17.8 miles11
Rosette18.0 miles13
Standrod19.2 miles13
Park Valley22.4 miles12
Matlin29.8 miles10
Hardup31.5 miles11

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 LynnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711796The 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 1443051. 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.