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Petersboro, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Smithfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84325. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle.

Petersboro within Cache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Petersboro between 1994 and 2019, burning about 475 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2005Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDEEP CANYON
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands3200 WEST
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use37 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 30 MP 95
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIRD
27 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use20 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBENSEN MARINA
27 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHIGHWAY 23
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAWS
26 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use17 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSBORO HWY 30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Petersboro: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Mendon Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mendon Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cache 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
Ballard Junction1.1 miles16
Benson3.0 miles16
Riverside3.3 miles16
Mendon4.1 miles17
Cache Junction4.7 miles10
Newton6.5 miles16
Quigley Crossing6.7 miles16
Greenville7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437657. 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.