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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.

Upton within Beaver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

17 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined6
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
6 September 1994Natural12 acresCedar City Field OfficeLILLYMINE
25 September 2005Smoking35 acresCedar City Field OfficeSHAWNEE
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELLS
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAVER RIVER
2 August 1996Natural10,476 acresCedar City Field OfficeHONEY BOY
19 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeFINALLY
1 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCAT
9 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCINDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 117 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Denny Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Emerson MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Iron, KaolinPast ProducerVein
Florence Lead MineZinc, Copper, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Gold Crown MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, IronPast Producer1872, 1875
Harrington-HickoryMolybdenum, Lead, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Harrington-Hickory MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony, ManganesePast Producer1860, 1870
HumboltLead, Silver, GoldProducer
Lady Bryan MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, IronPast Producer1896, 1910
Lady Bryan MineLead, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Marble PitStone, Dimension, Limestone, GeneralProspect1965

Every working recorded in Beaver 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
Cook Corner2.2 miles10
Shenendoah City4.2 miles9
Laho4.8 miles10
Shauntie5.4 miles9
Milford5.8 miles11
Yellow Banks8.1 miles17
Thermo9.4 miles9
Minersville10.7 miles17

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.