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Madsen, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84314. It lies near Hank Bell Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Honeyville quadrangle.

Madsen within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Madsen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,291 acres in total. 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBear River AreaJUMP
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBENNETTS
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON FIRE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWASHAKIE
3 September 2005Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDEEP CANYON
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKEITH FRIDAL
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRR CALLSFORT (4)
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands378

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Madsen: 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Crystal Madsens Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
B. Hunsaker, #02025 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
B.Hunsaker.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Calls Fort PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Calls Fort PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ellis, Bingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Ellis,Bingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Jensen PitSand 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
Crystal Springs0.5 miles11
Honeyville2.0 miles11
Deweyville3.0 miles11
Elwood3.1 miles9
Bradford3.6 miles9
Bear River City4.0 miles11
Crossroads4.2 miles9
Cropley4.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437629. 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.