Thompsonville, Utah
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Marysvale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84750. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marysvale quadrangle. It stands 5,870 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Marysvale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Marysvale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marysvale quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Marysvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Thompsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,339 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | GIBBS |
| 22 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TRAIL 1106 FIRE |
| 22 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | TRAIL1106 |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | FOOLS FIRE |
| 31 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | DEER HAVEN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BULLION CANYON |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | PINYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Thompsonville: 29 past producers, 15 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Trail Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1878 | |
| Lucky Boy | Mercury, Selenium, Gold, Tellurium, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Michelson Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Monte Del Rey Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Monte Del Rey Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ohio-Mount Baldy-Marysvale | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Saturday Prospect | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Malachite, Uraninite | |
| Tate | Uranium, Silver, Lead | Producer | Uranophane | |
| Unknown | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16002 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompsonville in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Thompsonville | $75,000 | Heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding in the town of Marysvale. At least five homes were damaged, a gas line was broken, and mud covered many roadways in the area. The flood waters temporarily forced the closure of U.S. Highway 89 through the center of town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marysvale | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Alunite | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hoovers | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bullion Falls | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Pittsburg | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lower Kimberly | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Kimberly | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Junction | 12.4 miles | 16 |
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 Thompsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107750415 | 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 1446548. 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.







