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Thistle, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84629. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thistle quadrangle. It stands 5,043 feet above sea level.

Thistle within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Thistle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 2 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
Natural63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBILLIES MOUNTAIN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIAMOND 3
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAY TRAILER
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIXON
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLITTLE DIXON
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPATHFINDER
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDIXON RANCH
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Thistle: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Birdseye QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Castilla Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Diamond ForkIronOccurrenceGoethite, Limonite
Ut Dep of Hwys No 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hways No 25094Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 25086Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Limestone, Quartzite
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25080Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25087Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25088Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25095Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thistle in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Flash FloodThistle$79,000Heavy rain over the Bald Mountain Fire and Pole Creek Fire burn scars resulted in debris flows across U.S. Highway 89 between Birdseye and Thistle. The Utah Highway Patrol reported mud, rock, and other debris that was 2 feet thick across the roadway. U.S. Highway 89 was closed from the time of the event until 8:58 pm on July 28, 2019, as highway crews cleaned up and repaired the damage.
April 2023FloodThistle$50,000Law enforcement reported water up to two feet deep on US-89. One car was stuck and flooded. UDOT closed the road from Thistle Junction to Fairview due to dangerous conditions.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindThistle-A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the Thistle mesonet station.

Every storm 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
Castilla3.4 miles22
Rio3.8 miles17
Covered Bridge Canyon4.2 miles22
Birdseye5.4 miles19
Pines7.1 miles19
Gomex7.2 miles22
Patrick Place7.7 miles23
Moark Junction7.9 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 ThistleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3068253The 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 1446533. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.