Orem Station, 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 84057. The Survey maps it on the Orem quadrangle.
On record in Orem Station
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
McBride-Sims Garagelisted 1998 · 0.3 miles away
Cecil I. and Mildred H. Dimick Houselisted 1998 · 0.3 miles away
Alvin and Grace Washburn Houselisted 1999 · 0.3 miles away
Lars and Agnes Jensen Houselisted 1999 · 1.0 miles away- Verd's Fruit Market Complexlisted 2010 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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
- 1948 USGS Orem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Orem Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,334 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 20 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 | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CASCADE FIRE |
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DRY CANYON 2 |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BMT |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HARVEY'S |
| 5 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.5 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | EAST LAWN |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OREM PEAT BOG 4 |
| 4 September 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SQUAW PEAK OVERLOOK |
| 30 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DRY CYN. LINDON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Orem Station: 13 past producers, 10 producers, 4 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcfarland Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Stubbs Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Ellis Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Ellis Mcfarland and Smith Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ellis, Mcfarland & Smith Pits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mcfarland Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Pole Canyon Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Pole Canyon Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Provo Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Smith Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1444112. 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.









