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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.

Upalco within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

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.

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.5 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.5 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 5.8 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 5.8 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.9 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.9 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Duchesne County

Fires near this place

32 since 1992

Regional 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 August 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsIOKA SOUTH
16 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNortheast Area3000 SOUTH IOKA
5 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyTRIBAL FARM
5 July 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyNORTH ARCADIA
23 July 2019Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOUTH MOUNT EMMONS
20 July 2014Natural1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSIX LAKES
1 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsARCADIA
1 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOILER MAKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 07029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duchesne 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
Arcadia4.0 miles17
Bluebell5.6 miles17
Mount Emmons5.7 miles17
Ioka5.7 miles18
Altamont6.7 miles17
Bridgeland8.0 miles17
Boneta8.6 miles17
Altonah9.4 miles18

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 UpalcoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q96749100The 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.