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Promontory, Utah

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Howell-Snowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84307. The Survey maps it on the Golden Spike Monument quadrangle. It stands 4,915 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Promontory within Box Elder County

On record in Promontory

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Promontory (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,145 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGolden Spike National Historic SiteBIG FILL
4 September 2005Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN FIRE
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeGOLDEN SPIKE
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPROMONTORY RIDGE
10 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST OF GOLDEN SPIKE
1 September 1999Natural300 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST GOLDEN SPIKE
8 August 2003Natural13 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPROMONTORY RANCH PR SOUT
7 August 1998Natural200 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDARRELL PETERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Promontory (historical): 15 past producers. 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
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02063Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02065Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02066Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02067Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02079Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14035Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highway Pit No. 14034Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02063Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #02064Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Cedar Springs4.4 miles10
Rozel5.7 miles10
Lampo Junction6.7 miles11
Penrose13.3 miles11
Howell13.4 miles9
Thatcher14.4 miles11
Bothwell16.8 miles11
Blue Creek17.5 miles9

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 Promontory (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3051006The 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 1437660. 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.