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Tintic Junction, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84628. It lies near Mammoth Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tintic Junction quadrangle. It stands 5,899 feet above sea level.

Tintic Junction within Juab County

On record in Tintic Junction

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Tintic Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,610 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 6 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution260 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWATERWELL
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION TREE
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeROUGH
10 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDAGMAR
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresRichfield Field OfficeLONESOME PINE
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeMACINTYRE RANCH
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeTINTIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 345 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 345 workings within 5 miles of Tintic Junction: 186 past producers, 135 occurrences, 13 producers, 10 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Lead, Silver, 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
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining CoSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Black DragonGold, Silver, ClayOccurrenceReplacement
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Boss Tweed Adit, ShaftCopper, Bismuth, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1875
Boss Tweed MineCopper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProspectReplacement
Brooklyn and Wedgewood GroupManganese, Clay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Bullion - Beck MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer1876, 1877, 1965
Bullion Beck and ChampionSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Bullion-BeckGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1882

Every working recorded in Juab 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
Mammoth Junction0.9 miles16
Mammoth1.8 miles16
Silver City2.0 miles16
Knight2.2 miles16
Eureka2.8 miles17
Knightville3.7 miles17
Diamond4.6 miles17
McIntyre6.4 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.

Wikidata item Q111281061The 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 1438031. 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.