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Porterville, Utah

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Morgan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It stands on Hardscrabble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Porterville quadrangle. It stands 5,151 feet above sea level.

Porterville within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Porterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning43
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST YOUNG
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMO FIRE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLRACE FIRE
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLION'S LODGE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKS DON'T SLEEP
4 September 2005Natural12 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWIDOWMAKER FIRE
3 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsINDUSTRIAL ASSIST
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDIXIE HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Porterville: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Queen of the West MineIronPast Producer1879
Queen of the West MineIronPast Producer1879, 1885
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 15034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit 15019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 15019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut St Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 15037Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 15037Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Pit No 15034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Richville2.0 miles13
Whites Crossing2.4 miles23
Morgan3.8 miles13
Como Springs4.1 miles13
Littleton4.5 miles13
Milton6.1 miles13
Stoddard6.2 miles13
Taggarts7.1 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on PortervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7231702The 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 1444594. 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.