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Mosida, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Goshen census division. It lies near Clyde Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Soldiers Pass quadrangle. It stands 4,557 feet above sea level.

Mosida within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Mosida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,886 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning8
Firearms and explosives use8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2006Natural4.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBURNT CANYON
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBATEMAN FIRE
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands68 DUMP
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeMM 14
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMP 15
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined156 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsN. CHIMNEY ROCK
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOSIDA
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSR68 MM15.5 E.

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mosida: 10 occurrences, 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, 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
Blowhile Hill Se ProspectVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceSurface
Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass ProspectsCalcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCalcite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Fox Hills DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Pfeiffer Canyon Upper ProspectsCalcium, Stone, DimensionOccurrenceVein
Black Point South PitAggregate, Light WeightPast ProducerOrthoclase, Plagioclase
White Knoll PitAggregate, Light WeightPast ProducerSurface
Black Point Nw ProspectIronOccurrenceVein
Cat Hill Ne PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Cat Hill North ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Clyde Knoll Limestone PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite

Every working recorded in Utah 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
West Mountain10.0 miles20
Hillside (historical)10.5 miles17
Genola10.8 miles19
Keigley11.5 miles20
Townsend11.5 miles19
Lant11.6 miles18
Fairfield11.8 miles21
Lake Shore12.0 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 MosidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711838The 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 1437643. 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.