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Mutual Dell, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84003. It lies near Bear Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Timpanogos Cave quadrangle. It stands 6,480 feet above sea level.

Mutual Dell within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Mutual Dell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,012 acres in total. 38 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
Recreation and ceremony58
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIBBLE
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #2
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #1
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIMPOONEKE RD #2
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMADDIE
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCASCADE SPRINGS
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreTimpanogos Cave National MonumentWESTTOUR
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIMPNOOEKE RD III

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mutual Dell: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Big Dane No. 1IronOccurrenceVein
Deer Creek Ne ProspectsLead, CopperOccurrence
Hobnail MineLead, ZincPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Metals Coalition Mining Co. MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1941, 1943
Nebraska Hill East MineSilver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, BismuthPast Producer
Nebraska Hill South MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, MolybdenumPast ProducerSurface/Underground
U.S. ProspectZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, TinOccurrenceReplacement
Upper Box Elder Canyon ProspectZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrenceReplacement
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
American Fork DistrictTungstenOccurrenceSKARN

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
Silver Lake Summer Home Area3.6 miles24
Aspen Grove3.7 miles23
Sundance5.0 miles23
Cedar Hills6.5 miles21
Highland6.7 miles21
Alpine7.1 miles21
Wildwood7.2 miles23
Vivian Park7.3 miles23

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 Q63148780The 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 1443752. 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.