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Tucker, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tucker quadrangle. It stands 6,227 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tucker within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Tucker (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 192 acres in total. 27 started naturally. None 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
Natural27
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDAVIDSON
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDAVIS
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
30 August 2012Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestABIES
3 August 2012Natural176 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPUMPKIN
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
29 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tucker (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tucker Oil ShaleStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25097Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 25097Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

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
Sky View (historical)1.4 miles20
Gilluly1.8 miles20
Mill Fork6.1 miles16
Colton11.4 miles21
Rio12.8 miles17
Three Forks13.3 miles22
Kyune15.4 miles17
Patrick Place15.7 miles23

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 Tucker (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7851046The 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 1446752. 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.