Mill Fork, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. It lies near Water Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mill Fork quadrangle. It stands 5,820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mill Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2001 USGS Mill Fork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Mill Fork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12,429 acres in total. 45 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 | 45 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MOGBECK 1 |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MOGBECK 3 |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MOGBECK 2 |
| 27 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANK HOLLOW |
| 27 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TURN OUT |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SHEEP CREEK |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mill Fork: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25096 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25097 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25097 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. State Dept. Hwys. Gravel Put No. 25096 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
4 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Fork in 4 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 debris flow, 2 flash flood. 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 2022 | Debris Flow | Mill Fork | $3,500 | Thunderstorms produced heavy precipitation over the Tank Hollow Fire burn scar, with 1-hour Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor estimates of 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain. Associated with this, the Dispatch Center in the city of Price reported running water and debris along U.S. Highway 6 from mileposts 197 to 198. It was further reported that dirt and mud was a foot deep, with tree trunks and logs 8 to 10 inches in diameter included in the debris. |
| April 2025 | Debris Flow | Mill Fork | $1,000 | A mud slide happened on U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. No vehicles were involved, but both directions were closed for several hours for clean up. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Mill Fork | $1,000 | Diamond Fork Road near the Fifth Water Hot Springs trailhead was closed due to mudslides. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Mill Fork | $1,000 | Diamond Fork Road was closed between the Diamond Campground and Three Forks Trailhead due to water and mud on the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky View (historical) | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Tucker (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Rio | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Gilluly | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Three Forks | 8.7 miles | 22 | |
| Thistle | 10.3 miles | 17 | |
| Patrick Place | 10.3 miles | 23 | |
| Castilla | 12.6 miles | 22 |
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 Mill Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6858315 | 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 1443443. 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.







