Tridell, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84076. The Survey maps it on the Lapoint quadrangle. It stands 5,636 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Ashley quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1917 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lapoint quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Tridell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,284 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILE POST 22 |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | DEEPCREEK2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | CORNPEACH |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | LI WATER |
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Northeast Area | WELDER |
| 12 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | DEEP CREEK |
| 11 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | CHRISTENSE |
| 10 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE STORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tridell: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Channel Uinta River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| West Channel Uintah River Gravel Pt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whiterocks Canal Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whiterocks Canal Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tridell in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Tridell | - | Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused water from Deep Creek to flow over a 70 foot section of Deep Creek Road near Lapoint. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiterocks | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lapoint | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Leeton | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bennett | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gusher | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Duchesne | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dry Fork | 12.0 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tridell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7841360 | 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 1433670. 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.






