BlockSmyths, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84751. The Survey maps it on the Read quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Read quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Smyths between 1992 and 2019, burning about 357,327 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | TEBBS POND |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 357,185 acres | Cedar City Field Office | MILFORD FLAT |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Cedar City Field Office | ESCALANTE |
| 18 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 132 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MURDOCK RAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Smyths: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Gold & Copper Co. | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdock | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Blueacre | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Yellow Banks | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Milford | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Frisco | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Shenendoah City | 16.5 miles | 9 | |
| Upton | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shauntie | 18.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122594074 | 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 1455518. 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.