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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.

Terra within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

223 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural193
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Natural30 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBURNS
9 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeDELLE
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTERRA
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVICTORY
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCLOVER
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeJOHNSONS
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaWILLOW PATCH
4 September 2006Natural1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeTHE DELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ahlstrom ProspectSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
Johnson Pass Sand DunesSilicaOccurrence
Ahlstrome MineLead, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Ahlstrome MineLead, GoldProspect

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
Clover8.8 miles22
Dugway9.3 miles17
Saint John9.5 miles22
Rush Valley9.8 miles22
Center12.9 miles22
Faust15.6 miles16
Iosepa (historical)16.1 miles17
Stockton16.8 miles22

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 TerraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104871615The 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.