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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.

Thompsonville within Piute County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

31 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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 1996Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestGIBBS
22 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRAIL 1106 FIRE
22 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFishlake National ForestTRAIL1106
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFOOLS FIRE
31 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
29 August 1995Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestDEER HAVEN
24 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestBULLION CANYON
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficePINYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Piute County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deer Trail MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, CadmiumPast Producer1878
Lucky BoyMercury, Selenium, Gold, Tellurium, Barium-Barite, Zinc, ManganesePast Producer1881
Michelson ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProspectVein
Monte Del Rey MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProspectVein
Monte Del Rey MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
Ohio-Mount Baldy-MarysvaleGoldOccurrence
Saturday ProspectUranium, CopperOccurrenceMalachite, Uraninite
TateUranium, Silver, LeadProducerUranophane
UnknownSilverPast Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #16002Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Piute County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodThompsonville$75,000Heavy 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.

Every storm recorded in Piute 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
Marysvale2.4 miles20
Alunite3.1 miles20
Hoovers6.4 miles19
Bullion Falls6.5 miles19
Pittsburg6.5 miles19
Lower Kimberly10.5 miles18
Upper Kimberly10.7 miles18
Junction12.4 miles16

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 ThompsonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107750415The 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.