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Mills, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84639. It stands on Chicken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mills quadrangle. It stands 4,954 feet above sea level.

Mills within Juab County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,446 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 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
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2019Natural1,594 acresRichfield Field OfficeGOAT CANYON
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral AreaMILLS
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeHILL TOP
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresRichfield Field OfficeI 15 MP 205
28 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeNORTH YUBA
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeCHASE RANCH
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeNORTH TEMPLE
25 August 2011Natural1.3 acresRichfield Field OfficeSOUTH HILLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mills: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Unknown ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceAragonite
Red Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Skinners Peak Borrow Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Skinners Peak Gravel Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Hwys 12025Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys Borrow Pit No 12023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Deposit No 12022Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Hwys Borrow Pit #12024Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. Hwys Borrow Pit No 12021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Juab County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mills in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMills-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the I-15 @ Sevier River NB mesonet site.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMills-Mesonet station SBWU1 at Sevier Reservoir gusted to 62 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMills-Mesonet station UT26 at i-15 at the Sevier River gusted to 61 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMills-I-15 @ Sevier River NB sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMills-The I-15 @ Sevier River NB sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 70 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMills-The Sevier Reservoir RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMills-The I-15 Northbound at the Sevier River UDOT sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 66 mph.

Every storm recorded in Juab 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
Juab5.3 miles19
Parley8.3 miles15
Soma10.0 miles15
Levan10.2 miles20
Uisco10.8 miles15
Sharp12.2 miles19
Champlin18.7 miles15
Nephi18.7 miles21

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 MillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711823The 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 1430350. 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.