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Robbe, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84096. It lies near Bingham Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Copperton quadrangle.

Robbe within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Robbe between 1993 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2008Natural1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHERRIMAN
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresNorthwest AreaHI COUNTRY
30 August 2006Natural6.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHIGH COUNTRY
24 August 2011Natural4.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHERRIMAN
24 August 2011Natural4.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROSE CANYON
18 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAMB
14 August 2006Natural7.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHERRIMAN 2
8 July 2010Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeWILD HORSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Robbe: 51 past producers, 16 occurrences, 10 producers, 9 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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
BadgerLead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Barneys Canyon MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bingham CanyonCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPlant1887, 1904, 2009
Bingham Open Pit MineGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Platinum, Bismuth, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, PalladiumProducer1863, 1868
Bingham Tunnel #2Lead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena
Butterfield S. MinesLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast ProducerAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Castro Gulch MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Dalton and LarkLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, IronPast ProducerReplacement
Dixon MineLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
Dixon MineSilver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Salt Lake 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
Snyder2.1 miles19
Lark (historical)2.8 miles19
Herriman3.8 miles19
Welby4.6 miles24
Oquirrh5.2 miles20
Bacchus7.2 miles20
South Jordan7.5 miles24
Riverton7.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437668. 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.