Timpie, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Timpie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Timpie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Timpie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Timpie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,540 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BURNT SPRINGS |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BURNTSPRNG |
| 4 September 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 6.8 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TIMPIE |
| 3 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwest Area | PICKELWEED |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | ULTRALIGHT |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | WIRE |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 30 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TEDDY BEAR |
| 2 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BURNT SPR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Timpie: 14 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Bromine, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Plant | Bromine | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Lime and Stone | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Dolomite Quarry | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Flux Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 23064 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No 23062 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No 23065 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Timpie Gravel Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Timpie Gravel Pit1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23059 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Timpie in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 8 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | The I-80 @ mp 78 mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at the I-80 at mile post 78 mesonet site. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | A peak wind gust of 66 mph was recorded by the I-80 @ mp 78 mesonet station. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | Three semitrailers were blow over between mileposts 77 and 79 on Interstate 80. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | The I-80 @ mp 78 sensor recorded a peak gust of 62 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | A sensor near I-80, north of the Stansbury Mountains, recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | The UDOT I-80 @ mp 78 sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 75 mph. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timpie | - | A 62 mph wind gust was recorded at the I-80 UDOT sensor at mile post 78. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolomite | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Delle | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Flux | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Burmester | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Grantsville | 14.4 miles | 15 | |
| Iosepa (historical) | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Low | 15.3 miles | 14 | |
| Marshall | 17.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559519 | 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 1437704. 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.





