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Pittsburg, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Marysvale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84750. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marysvale Canyon quadrangle. It stands 5,817 feet above sea level.

Pittsburg within Piute County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 53 started naturally. None 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
Natural53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSARGENT MTN
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFIF 55
2 September 1996Natural5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeCANDY
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFIRST SPRING HOLLOW
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeIRON
1 September 1996Natural1.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeMINEFIELD
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeMARYSVALE CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Piute County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 204 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 204 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 78 occurrences, 69 past producers, 35 producers, 16 prospects. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Potassium. 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
Big ChiefAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceReplacement
Bullion MonarchUranium, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperOccurrence
Durkee DistrictUranium, Aluminum, Iron, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, MolybdenumPast ProducerVEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Fluorite MineIodineProspect1949
Freedom Farmer John WilhelmFluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProducer
Freedom No. 2Molybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceIlsemannite, Jordisite, Umohoite
Freedom, Farmerjohn, WilhelmUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, MolybdenumPast Producer1948, 1950
Mickey #2Uranium, SilverOccurrence
Prospector MineUranium, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, ManganesePast Producer1941, 1950
Quartzite Cap Manganese MineManganese, Iron, AluminumPast ProducerLimonite

Every working recorded in Piute 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
Hoovers0.1 miles19
Marysvale4.2 miles20
Thompsonville6.5 miles20
Lower Kimberly7.0 miles18
Upper Kimberly7.4 miles18
Bullion Falls7.8 miles19
Alunite8.7 miles20
Greenwich18.5 miles18

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 Q7199182The 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 1444464. 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.