Mammoth, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84628. It lies near Quartzite Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Tintic Junction quadrangle. It stands 6,391 feet above sea level.
On record in Mammoth
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Mammoth Historic Districtlisted 1979
Silver City Cemeterylisted 1979
Union Pacific Railroad Depotlisted 1979- Diamond Cemeterylisted 1979
- Grand Central Minelisted 1979
- Showers Mine and Headframelisted 1979
- Sunbeam Minelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tintic Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Lynndyl quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tintic Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Mammoth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,096 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 260 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | WATERWELL |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREAT EASTERN |
| 23 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EUREKA S CURVE |
| 20 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUNCTION TREE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HERD |
| 10 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | DAGMAR |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Richfield Field Office | LONESOME PINE |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TINK STANDARD 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 407 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 407 workings within 5 miles of Mammoth: 216 past producers, 159 occurrences, 16 producers, 15 prospects. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Apex Standard Mine | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Bingham Mines Co? Adits | Lead, Cadmium, Silver | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Black Dragon | Gold, Silver, Clay | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Black Jack | Silver, Iron, Manganese, Gold | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Boss Tweed Mine | Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Brooklyn and Wedgewood Group | Manganese, Clay, Iron | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Bullion-Beck | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1956, 1965, 1978 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mammoth in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth | - | The Eureka Ridge mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 69 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mammoth Junction | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tintic Junction | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eureka | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Knightville | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Diamond | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Knight | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| McIntyre | 6.7 miles | 16 |
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 Mammoth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6745850 | 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 1451119. 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.






