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Standardville, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near Gilson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Standardville quadrangle. It stands 6,739 feet above sea level.

Standardville within Carbon County

On record in Standardville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Standard Mine, Timber Trestle, Gilson Gulch, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Standard Mine, Timber Trestle, Gilson Gulch, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardville, Carbon County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Standardville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 57 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCONSUMERS
5 September 2015Natural2.6 acresMoab Field OfficeHARDSCRABBLE
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficePEERLESS
22 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCONSUMER
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresMoab Field OfficeTRAIN 1
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBULL POINT
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeROAD TRIP
8 August 2012Natural88 acresMoab Field OfficeROYAL CASTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Standardville: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Latuda0.7 miles18
Storrs0.8 miles18
Peerless1.3 miles18
Martin3.5 miles20
Wildcat3.5 miles18
Heiner3.6 miles20
Castle Gate (historical)4.0 miles20
Royal4.3 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on StandardvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7598437The 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 1437692. 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.