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Snyder, 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 Copper Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Copperton quadrangle.

Snyder 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

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Snyder between 1993 and 2020, burning about 911 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
14 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHORSE
30 August 2006Natural6.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHIGH COUNTRY
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHAGGY MOUNTAIN
25 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSHAGGY
24 August 2011Natural4.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHERRIMAN
24 August 2011Natural4.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROSE CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 169 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 169 workings within 5 miles of Snyder: 115 past producers, 29 occurrences, 14 prospects, 9 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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
AlbinoZinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Apex-Delaware Group MinesCopper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
BazoukSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bingham CanyonCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPlant1887, 1904, 2009
Bingham DistrictCopper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Platinum, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Nickel, Selenium, PalladiumProducer1873, 2009
Bingham GroupLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Bingham Open Pit MineGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Platinum, Bismuth, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, PalladiumProducer1863, 1868
Boston Consolidated GroupCopper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Butterfield Nw MinesZinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, ArsenicPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Castro Gulch MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite

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
Lark (historical)1.0 miles19
Robbe2.1 miles19
Herriman2.8 miles19
Welby6.1 miles24
Oquirrh7.2 miles20
Riverton7.5 miles24
Bluffdale8.1 miles22
South Jordan8.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437687. 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.