Matlin, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. The Survey maps it on the Matlin quadrangle. It stands 4,603 feet above sea level.

Matlin within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Matlin quadrangle1:24000
1987 USGS Grouse Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Matlin quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Matlin between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,314 acres in total. 4 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	4

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
26 July 2006	Natural	19 acres	Salt Lake Field Office	RED DOME
25 July 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	Salt Lake Field Office	STONE RIDGE
25 July 2006	Natural	1.5 acres	Salt Lake Field Office	MATLIN MOUNTAINS
3 June 2020	Natural	6,293 acres	Bear River Area	MATLIN

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Matlin: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Matli Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Matlin Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Unconsolidated Sediments
Red Dome Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Unconsolidated Sediments
Red Dome Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Park Valley	17.9 miles	12
Rosette	18.1 miles	13
Kelton	18.6 miles	10
Hogup	24.2 miles	11
Hardup	25.7 miles	11
Pigeon	28.1 miles	12
Yost	29.4 miles	12
Grouse Creek	29.7 miles	11

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 Matlin	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711812	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 1437996. 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.