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Packlynn, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84010. It lies near Ward Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bountiful Peak quadrangle.

Packlynn within Davis County

On record in Packlynn

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Packlynn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,309 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural10
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLUCKY LYNN
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTELEPHONE POLE
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
22 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Packlynn: 11 occurrences, 11 producers, 6 prospects, 3 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Buckland Mining and Development ProspectCopper, Silver, IronOccurrenceVein
FoulgerQuartzOccurrence
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lucky LUraniumOccurrence
Sessions Mountains ProspectLead, SilverOccurrenceVein
Upper Ward Canyon ProspectsCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Marlow0.0 miles25
Mount View0.1 miles25
Van Orden Heights0.1 miles25
Burningham0.1 miles25
Woodmere0.2 miles25
Central Heights0.3 miles25
Foothill Acres0.3 miles25
Barlow0.3 miles25

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 Q122540607The 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 1453820. 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.