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Tad Park, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84074. It lies near Silcox Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tooele quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tad Park within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Tad Park (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,631 acres in total. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSILCOX
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeSTOCKTON
27 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeS MTN 3
2 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRAIL TIE
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOPPER
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOLDIER
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNorthwest AreaPIONEER ASSIST
15 September 2011Arson/incendiarism28 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHARRISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Tad Park (historical): 45 past producers, 10 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
ArgentSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Argent MineLead, Silver, IronPast ProducerReplacement
Ben Harrison MineLead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Ben Harrison MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Bingham StarGoldPast Producer
Boston ConsolidatedCopperPast Producer
Calumet MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Galena King MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Honerine MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1865
Honerine MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1865

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Bauer2.3 miles22
Tooele3.0 miles17
Stockton3.5 miles22
Angels Grove4.4 miles17
Lincoln6.3 miles17
Marshall7.6 miles15
Erda8.0 miles17
Grantsville9.6 miles15

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 Q122561148The 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 1455155. 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.