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Upper Kimberly, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Marysvale census division. It lies near Suprise Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Belknap quadrangle. It stands 8,970 feet above sea level.

Upper Kimberly within Piute County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Upper Kimberly between 1993 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAR HOLLOW
14 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestPICNIC CREEK
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMARBLE TOP
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMUD SPRINGS
5 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMT.BELKNAP
5 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSHINGLE CREEK
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Piute County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Upper Kimberly: 18 occurrences, 17 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Gold. 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
Jolly Green Giant ClaimsGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Kimberly, (Gold Mountain) DistrictGold, Silver, MercuryPast Producer1868
Mill Creek Red Narrows DepositKaolinProducerReplacement
Monarch and Monarch Nos 3 , 20 , 21Silver, LeadOccurrenceQuartz
Mt Baldy DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, IronPast Producer1878
SuprizeGold, Silver, CopperProspectVein
Annie Laurie MineGold, SilverPast Producer1892
Debra DawnClayPast ProducerReplacement
Debrh DawnClayProducer
HanoverSilverOccurrenceQuartz

Every working recorded in Piute 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
Lower Kimberly0.5 miles18
Bullion Falls6.1 miles19
Pittsburg7.4 miles19
Hoovers7.5 miles19
Marysvale9.2 miles20
Thompsonville10.7 miles20
Alunite10.8 miles20
Junction19.5 miles16

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 Upper KimberlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1741625The 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 1446867. 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.