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Silsbee, Utah

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Silsbee quadrangle.

Silsbee within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Silsbee between 1996 and 2014, burning about 78 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1
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
5 August 1996Debris and open burning78 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeUTS #16
18 November 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONNEVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele 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 Silsbee: 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica, 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
Capell Salt Co.HaliteOccurrence
Leppy Peak Sand DunesSilicaOccurrenceQuartz
Reilly-Wendover PlantPotassium, Magnesite, SaltPlant1914, 1917
Salduro Salt DepositsPotassium, HaliteOccurrence
Ut. Highway Dept. Pit #23107Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Salt Co.SaltProducer
Tetzlaff Peak Sand DunesGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Wendover Quad. Sand DunesGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Bonneville Ltd. Potash PlantBromineProducer1914, 1939
Tetzlaff Peak Subsurface BrinesBromineProducer1914, 1917

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Blair2.7 miles8
Salduro3.8 miles8
Wendover5.8 miles9
Barro23.3 miles8
Knolls33.8 miles8
Gold Hill39.6 miles15
Clive43.0 miles8
Clifton43.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437685. 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.