Terra, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84022. The Survey maps it on the Terra quadrangle. It stands 5,217 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Deseret Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Terra quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Terra quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Terra between 1992 and 2019, burning about 36,019 acres in total. 193 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 193 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1997 | Natural | 30 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BURNS |
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | DELLE |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TERRA |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | VICTORY |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CLOVER |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | JOHNSONS |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | WILLOW PATCH |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | THE DELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Terra: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlstrom Prospect | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Johnson Pass Sand Dunes | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Ahlstrome Mine | Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Ahlstrome Mine | Lead, Gold | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| Dugway | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saint John | 9.5 miles | 22 | |
| Rush Valley | 9.8 miles | 22 | |
| Center | 12.9 miles | 22 | |
| Faust | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| Iosepa (historical) | 16.1 miles | 17 | |
| Stockton | 16.8 miles | 22 |
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 Terra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104871615 | The 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 1450526. 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.






