Strong, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84624. The Survey maps it on the Strong quadrangle.

Strong within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Oak City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Strong quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

45 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Strong between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,438 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.3 acres	Richfield Field Office	WELL 3
10 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Richfield Field Office	MP 68
7 August 2004	Firearms and explosives use	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	RIVER DIP
4 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	DMAD
3 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Area	100
26 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.5 acres	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	not named
23 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	UNION
21 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	227 acres	Richfield Field Office	RIVER DIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Strong: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, 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
	Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14068	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14068	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Millard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lynndyl	7.7 miles	15
Delta	8.0 miles	16
Oak City	8.2 miles	17
Sutherland	9.2 miles	16
Sugarville	9.7 miles	16
Harding	10.0 miles	16
Mack	10.7 miles	15
Leamington	12.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437695. 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.