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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.

Townsend within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

208 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined83
Natural31
Debris and open burning24
Firearms and explosives use18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsI-15, MM251
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,832 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLIAM
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBANDIT
5 September 2019Natural4.1 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARM SPRINGS
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony38 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBROAD HOLLOW
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSANTIQUIN
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSANTAQUIN CYN1
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTOM SAWYER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black BalsamFluorine-FluoriteProspect1903
Black Balsam ProspectLead, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Brownstone AditCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Chaffin QuarryDolomite, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Golden Relief ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Goshen Hill Limestone QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerUnderground
Jewel No 9Zinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Julie Nos 1,2,3,5,8,And 20CopperOccurrence
Keigley Ne ProspectsIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Keigley QuarryLimestone, General, DolomiteProducer1943

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Genola0.8 miles19
Keigley1.3 miles20
Santaquin2.6 miles19
Spring Lake4.4 miles21
Goshen4.7 miles18
Lant5.1 miles18
West Mountain5.2 miles20
Payson6.2 miles21

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.