Topliff, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. It lies near Poker Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Fivemile Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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
- 1947 USGS Fivemile Pass quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Fivemile Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Fivemile Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Topliff between 1994 and 2020, burning about 33,629 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | 16 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TOPLIFF |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | GRADE |
| 1 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TOPLIFF |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TOPLIFT |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | THORP HILL |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | 7 MILE |
| 6 August 2000 | Firearms and explosives use | 5,867 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | TENMILEPAS |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | GRAVEL PIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Topliff: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Thorpe Hills Adit | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| South Topliff Hill Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| North Topliff Hill Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Powder Knoll Prospects | Limestone, General, Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Valley No. 1 Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Tenmile Pass Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Deseret Quarry No. 1 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Great Blue Prospect No. 1 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Great Blue Prospect No. 2 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Great Blue Prospect No. 3 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pehrson | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Faust | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lofgreen | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Mercur (historical) | 11.4 miles | 21 | |
| West Mercur | 11.5 miles | 23 | |
| Center | 11.9 miles | 22 | |
| Vernon | 12.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ophir | 14.9 miles | 23 |
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 Q122559327 | 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 1437705. 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.






