Townsend, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Goshen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84655. It lies near Goshen Hill. The Survey maps it on the Santaquin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Santaquin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Santaquin quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Santaquin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Townsend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,762 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 8 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 | 83 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | I-15, MM251 |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,832 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLIAM |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BANDIT |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 4.1 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WARM SPRINGS |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 38 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BROAD HOLLOW |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SANTIQUIN |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SANTAQUIN CYN1 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TOM SAWYER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Townsend: 33 past producers, 14 occurrences, 7 producers, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1903 | |
| Black Balsam Prospect | Lead, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Brownstone Adit | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Chaffin Quarry | Dolomite, Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Golden Relief Claims | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Goshen Hill Limestone Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Jewel No 9 | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Julie Nos 1,2,3,5,8,And 20 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Keigley Ne Prospects | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Keigley Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Producer | 1943 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genola | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Keigley | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Santaquin | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Lake | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Goshen | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lant | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| West Mountain | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Payson | 6.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446661. 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.








