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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.

Rio within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1942

Taken 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.

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Provo River Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Orem Vicinity, Orem, Utah County, UT
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Provo River Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Orem Vicinity, Orem, Utah County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Exterior view of the blast furnace
Feininger, Andreas, 1942. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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 1993Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBILLIES MOUNTAIN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIAMOND 3
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAY TRAILER
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
27 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK HOLLOW
26 September 1992Smoking2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ut Dept of Hways No 25094Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25095Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25096Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25107Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys. No. 25085 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Quartzite
Ut Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25094Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25082Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25 107Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25084Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25095Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working 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
Thistle3.8 miles17
Castilla5.9 miles22
Patrick Place6.2 miles23
Mill Fork6.7 miles16
Three Forks7.2 miles22
Covered Bridge Canyon7.2 miles22
Birdseye8.2 miles19
Pines9.5 miles19

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 Q112732358The 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.