Upton, Utah
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84751. The Survey maps it on the Milford Flat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Milford Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Upton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,715 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | 12 acres | Cedar City Field Office | LILLYMINE |
| 25 September 2005 | Smoking | 35 acres | Cedar City Field Office | SHAWNEE |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WELLS |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BEAVER RIVER |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | 10,476 acres | Cedar City Field Office | HONEY BOY |
| 19 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | FINALLY |
| 1 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAT |
| 9 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CINDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Upton: 83 past producers, 22 occurrences, 9 producers, 3 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Emerson Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Iron, Kaolin | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Florence Lead Mine | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Crown Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1872, 1875 | |
| Harrington-Hickory | Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Harrington-Hickory Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Manganese | Past Producer | 1860, 1870 | |
| Humbolt | Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Lady Bryan Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | 1896, 1910 | |
| Lady Bryan Mine | Lead, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Pit | Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General | Prospect | 1965 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Corner | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Shenendoah City | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Laho | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Shauntie | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Milford | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Yellow Banks | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Thermo | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Minersville | 10.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437708. 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.




