Upalco, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84066. The Survey maps it on the Bluebell quadrangle. It stands 5,755 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 Uinta quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bluebell quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 15 photographs shown,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Duchesne County
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Upalco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | IOKA SOUTH |
| 16 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeast Area | 3000 SOUTH IOKA |
| 5 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | TRIBAL FARM |
| 5 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | NORTH ARCADIA |
| 23 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOUTH MOUNT EMMONS |
| 20 July 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIX LAKES |
| 1 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ARCADIA |
| 1 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOILER MAKER |
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 Upalco: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 07029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bluebell | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Emmons | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ioka | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Altamont | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeland | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Boneta | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Altonah | 9.4 miles | 18 |
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 Upalco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96749100 | 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 1433790. 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.






