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Pines, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84651. It lies near Gardner Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Birdseye quadrangle. It stands 5,528 feet above sea level.

Pines within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,896 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 1 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
Natural65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPENCER FORK
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGUARD
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIXON
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLITTLE DIXON
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHAGANEY RIDGE
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPATHFINDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pines: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Crotons ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceVein
Birdseye QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Unknown ProspectsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Uh. Dept of Hwys. No. 25089 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25089Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25091Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Limestone, Quartzite
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25087Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25088Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pines in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 debris flow, 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 2023Debris FlowPines$5,000Heavy rain caused a debris flow on Cougar Run Road from the Pole Creek/Bald Mountain Burn Scar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPines-A wind gust of 67 mph was reported at the US-89 Pole Creek Burn Scar 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
Birdseye1.9 miles19
Thistle7.1 miles17
Rio9.5 miles17
Covered Bridge Canyon9.5 miles22
Woodland Hills9.6 miles21
Castilla9.6 miles22
Elk Ridge10.2 miles21
Gomex12.3 miles22

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 Q62474128The 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 1444421. 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.