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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 19 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Lark quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Copperton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HERRIMAN |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 acres | Northwest Area | HI COUNTRY |
| 30 August 2006 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HIGH COUNTRY |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HERRIMAN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROSE CANYON |
| 18 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LAMB |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HERRIMAN 2 |
| 8 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | WILD HORSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 88 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Barneys Canyon Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Bingham Canyon | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Plant | 1887, 1904, 2009 | |
| Bingham Open Pit Mine | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Platinum, Bismuth, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, Palladium | Producer | 1863, 1868 | |
| Bingham Tunnel #2 | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Butterfield S. Mines | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Castro Gulch Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Dalton and Lark | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Dixon Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Dixon Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lark (historical) | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Herriman | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Welby | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Oquirrh | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bacchus | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| South Jordan | 7.5 miles | 24 | |
| Riverton | 7.5 miles | 24 |
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.





