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Thompson Springs, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84540. It lies near Thompson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Springs quadrangle. 34 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,082 feet above sea level.

Thompson Springs within Grand County

Population over time

2 figures

Thompson Springs fell from 39 to 34 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201039
202034-5 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Early winter scene in the mostly barren, lightly occupied quarter of southeastern Utah, near the remote settlement of Thompson Springs in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,834 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMoab Field OfficeSEGO CANYON
15 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeMILEMARKER 187
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands192 FIRE
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresMoab Field OfficeI70 MM192
4 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMoab Field OfficeH20 BOTTLE
2 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeI70 MM 186
16 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMoab Field OfficeTRACK
10 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMoab Field OfficeTHOMPSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Thompson Springs: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Grand 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
Vista2.0 miles22
Sego4.3 miles19
Brendel (historical)5.6 miles23
Crescent Junction5.8 miles23
Sagers6.1 miles22
Elba11.1 miles22
Floy12.2 miles23
Solitude16.2 miles24

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 Thompson SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6146129The 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 1433468. 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.