Mountain Spa, Utah
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Heber City West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84049. It lies near Memorial Hill. The Survey maps it on the Heber City quadrangle.
On record in Mountain Spa
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 within a mile 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Wilson House and Farmsteadlisted 2007 · 0.5 miles away
William Coleman Houselisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
Burgener-Boss Farmsteadlisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
Midway Social Halllisted 1995 · 0.9 miles away
George Bonner Sr. Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Watkins-Coleman Houselisted 1971 · 0.9 miles away
George Bonner Jr. Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
William Bonner Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Schneitter Hotellisted 1992 · 0.9 miles away- John H. and Agnes Buehler Houselisted 2019 · 0.3 miles away
- Levi and Ellen O'Neil Hancock Houselisted 2019 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Heber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Heber City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Heber City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Spa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEAT |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HEBER ASSIST 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMITH FIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER CREEK RAINBOW BAY |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDWAY 6TH SO. |
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE SPOT |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | BWALLOW1 |
| 24 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HEBER CREEPER 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Spa: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ledge-Mayflower Mine | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Queen Prospects | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Magnetite, Malachite | |
| Cottonwood Canyon Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Midway Hot Pot | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Midway Tufa Quarries | Limestone, High Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Park Heber Tunnel | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Prospects | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Thaynes Mine | Zinc, Lead | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Big Hollow Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Quartzite | |
| Central Cottonwood Canyon Prospects | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Interlaken | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Mound City | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Heber City | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Charleston | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Daniel | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Jordanelle | 5.2 miles | 26 | |
| Cranmer | 6.5 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563885 | 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 1436005. 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.









