Newhouse, Utah
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84751. The Survey maps it on the Frisco quadrangle. It stands 5,151 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Newhouse between 1992 and 2012, burning about 78 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | BACK |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | FRISCO PK |
| 17 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SQUAW SPRING |
| 13 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PACMAN |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Cedar City Field Office | SQUAWSPRG |
| 8 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | FRISCO |
| 7 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | TINY |
| 29 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIXTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Newhouse: 27 past producers, 13 occurrences, 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Producer | 1870, 1892 | |
| Cactus Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Cactus Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Cactus Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cupric Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Malachite, Scheelite | |
| Frisco Silver and Lead | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Producer | ||
| Frisco Summit Shaft | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Frisco Summit Shaft | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Horn Silver Horn | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Horn Silver Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Producer | Cerargyrite, Plumbojarosite |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newhouse in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | The Brimstone Reservoir RAWS station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | The Brimstone Reservoir automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | The Brimstone Reservoir RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 72 mph. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | The Brimstone Reservoir RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | The Brimstone Reservoir RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Newhouse | - | The Beaver County Sheriff reported a tornado along the Utah/Nevada border. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newhouse | - | Brimstone Reservoir RAWS recorded a wind gust of 63 mph. |
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.
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 Newhouse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1649820 | 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 1437650. 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.




