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Sundance, Utah

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84604. It lies near Pine Flat. The Survey maps it on the Aspen Grove quadrangle. It stands 6,148 feet above sea level.

Sundance within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Sundance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,438 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 8 were 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
Recreation and ceremony35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural23
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIMPOONEKE RD #2
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWHEELER
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCASCADE SPRINGS
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTIMPNOOEKE RD III
27 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAZARD REDUCTION EXP DISP
23 September 2003Debris and open burning7,828 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCASCADE 2
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPROVO RIVER#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sundance: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Deer Creek Reservoir QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayOccurrenceSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26018Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartzite
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No. 26020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Aspen Grove1.3 miles23
Wildwood2.3 miles23
Vivian Park2.7 miles23
Nunns4.2 miles23
Canyon Glen4.8 miles23
Mutual Dell5.0 miles24
Springdell5.0 miles23
Wicks5.3 miles24

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 Q63148280The 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 2561242. 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.