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Olmstead, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Provo-Orem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84097. It lies near Provo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Orem quadrangle.

Olmstead within Utah County

On record in Olmstead

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Provo, Utah County, UT
Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Provo, Utah County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Olmstead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,376 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined46
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony29
Arson/incendiarism27
Fireworks10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCASCADE FIRE
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSTEAK KNIFE
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism40 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestY-MOUNTAIN #2
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use16 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CANYON 2
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOPE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHARVEY'S
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST LAWN
4 September 1997Fireworksunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSQUAW PEAK OVERLOOK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Olmstead: 15 past producers, 11 producers, 3 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buckley MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1902, 1917
MonarchSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Monarch MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Squaw PeakLeadProducer
Mcfarland DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Stubbs PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ellis Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Mcfarland Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayOccurrenceSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olmstead in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 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 2021FloodOlmstead$100,000Numerous reports, videos, and photos of water over roadways near Utah Valley University in the vicinity of Interstate 15 were received.
August 2024HailOlmstead$15,000One inch diameter hail was reported at Lindon.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOlmstead-A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at the I-15 at Orem mesonet site.

Every storm 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
Christmas City0.5 miles24
Caryhurst0.6 miles24
Wicks1.2 miles24
Springdell1.8 miles23
Canyon Glen2.1 miles23
Edgemont2.1 miles24
Orem2.5 miles24
Nunns2.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1444081. 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.