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Taggarts, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Morgan North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It lies near Sharps Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Devils Slide quadrangle.

Taggarts within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Taggarts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,699 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning25
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONGWIRE FIRE
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsVIC'S BURN
8 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHILLCLIMB
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMO FIRE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLRACE FIRE
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSCOTTS NALE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKS DON'T SLEEP
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOUNTAIN GREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Taggarts: 12 past producers, 9 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron. 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
Devils Slide Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralProducerSurface
Red Eagle and Morgan ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Utah Highway Dept No 15022StonePast Producer
Devils Slide PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
Ree's Ranch AditCopper, IronOccurrenceJarosite, Limonite, Malachite
Rees Ranch AditCopper, IronPast Producer
Unknown ClaimIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Unknown ClaimIronPast Producer
Devil'm Slide Phosphate LocalityPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceCHEMICAL SEDIMENT

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Devils Slide2.6 miles12
Como Springs3.7 miles13
Croydon4.2 miles12
Morgan4.8 miles13
Richville6.3 miles13
Stoddard6.4 miles13
Littleton6.8 miles13
Porterville7.1 miles23

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 Q122598805The 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 1437698. 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.