Rio, Utah
17 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 84660. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Thistle quadrangle. It stands 5,286 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thistle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2001 USGS Thistle quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Rio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34,425 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BILLIES MOUNTAIN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DIAMOND 3 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HAY TRAILER |
| 29 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANK HOLLOW |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rio: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept of Hways No 25094 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25095 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25096 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25107 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys. No. 25085 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Quartzite | |
| Ut Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25094 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25082 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25 107 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25084 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25095 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Castilla | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Patrick Place | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Mill Fork | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Three Forks | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Covered Bridge Canyon | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Birdseye | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pines | 9.5 miles | 19 |
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 Q112732358 | The 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 1444990. 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.







